Was slavery the main cause of the civil war or was it something else?

What can bring a country to war with itself? In the 1860's the nation was split into two sides, the North as the Union and the South as the Confederates, with many differences between them. However, slavery was what caused the civil war to begin. With slavery being the main issue in the south, they had trouble keeping them from escaping to the north where slavery didn't exist. This caused the South to issue the …

…slavery and the other side making slavery their main culture, the only way to resolve slavery is to battle over it. In conclusion the Fugitive Slave Law and the tariffs passed by the North caused many differences and conflicts between the Union and the Confederacy. With mentioning that, slavery is what caused the Civil War to occur. Now if anyone asks you how the Civil War began, I think you now how to answer it.