Civil War: The Role Of Slavery In The United States

Even though Slavery was important for production, it was cruel, and inhumane. States' rights may give a little more power to the people, but the overall results may divide the United States. The Civil War was caused by states' rights and slavery. The Civil War was the first step to uniting the United States. First, the Civil War was caused by Slavery. Slavery is forced labor with restricted freedom. Owning a slave was accepted in the South. Not all southerners had slaves, but most wanted to keep slavery do to the Social Ladder. The social ladder consists of five steps. The first step had Planters, Bankers, Lawyers; the second step had Yeoman farmers; the third step had poor whites; the fourth step had freed blacks; the fifth had black slaves. Slavery gave poor whites a high step in the
The North, however, actually understood that the slaves were human beings and that the slaves did not deserve the cruel punishment. Slavery was a huge cause for the Civil War.

States' Rights was said to be another cause of the Civil War. What is States' Rights? States' Rights gave the south the ability to rule themselves, rather than have federal government apply limitations on their laws. During the Antebellum period, the South demanded States' Rights for many reasons. Cultural, Economical, and Production played huge roles on the need for States' Rights. For example, Slavery was accepted in the South, but not the North, States' Rights would allow states to choose whether they wanted slavery or not. If States' Rights were the overall type of government, the United States would not be united anymore. The Civil War was disagreement between the Union and the Confederacy. The Union was known as the North, and the Confederacy was the south. The South wanted States' Rights and Slavery while the North wanted the opposite. The Union thought States' Rights would separate the states. The Union also thought that slavery was inhumane. In