Originally posted by: Vic
The Civil War was not over slavery. Nor was it really about States Rights. It was really an economic war. The North and the South had diametrically-opposed economies. For example, the North wanted tariffs to protect its fledgling industries, while the agricultural South was opposed to tariffs because it imported so many manufactured goods.
If you could pick just about any single economic issue of the time, the North and the South likely disagreed on it. Slavery was (unfortnately) just one more economic issue that they fought over.
edit: Well,
Amused, that's because the South had no hope of truly defeating the North. Still calling it the "War of Northern Aggression"?

Remember who attacked who first, eh?