Originally Posted by crockett

The civil war happened because the south succeeded from the United States. The south succeeded from the United States for several reasons.. States rights was one of the big ones as was slavery.

Despite that, slavery was not the reason the war started or was waged, it was just one of the reason. Had the south not succeeded from the union, there would of been a lot of turmoil but it wouldn't of been a civil war.

The war happened because of the succession..