re: Why are tariffs and illegal acts overlooked as a cause of the civil war?

The tariffs devastated the South's economy creating a decade long depression a generation before the rise of the abolitionist movement. Not surprisingly, the post Civil War tariffs rose to near the levels that started the Southern secessionist movement to start with. The North benefited greatly from those tariffs.

There are many reasons that the Civil War happened, but the deep animosity that arose between the regions played a key role.

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The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the Northern United States. Created during the presidency of John Quincy Adams and enacted during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, it was labeled the "Tariff of Abominations" by its Southern detractors because of the effects it had on the Southern economy.

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They seceded before Lincoln was even inaugurated, wtf are you even talking about

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Was he or was he not the president elect when they seceded?

A simple yes or no will suffice.

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So the President elect has pre-inauguration powers to tarriff and raise armies and do all this shite that "forced" the Southern States to Secede?

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I thought you claimed it was all about slavery?

Seems like you're making my point for me.

Exactly, nobody goes to war over a moral argument and people who believe we did are children.

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According to the statements (many of which have been posted here) of the actual Confederates, it was predominantly about slavery.

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So, as you've stated, the CSA seceded, organized an army, and started a war "predominantly" over slavery despite the fact that no one had came for their slaves yet and the incoming president had made it very clear that he wouldn't get involved in Southern slavery?

South Carolina ceded Fort Sumter to the United States 20 something years before the war, it was a US Federal Military installation

How yall feel if Castro jr said gtfo of Guantanamo, should we apologize and boogie?

Because history has been rewritten.

Wow you’re ignorant

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despite the fact that no one had came for their slaves yet and the incoming president had made it very clear that he wouldn't get involved in Southern slavery?

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Ya'll keep answering questions not raised. I dgaf what Lincoln said or didn't say. You simply cannot imply that Lincoln caused the Confederacy, which came into existence BEFORE he became President. Nor can you say he started the CW since The Confederacy ATTACKED the USA just 3 weeks into his fricking presidency.

The Democrats wanted Power so they formed their own country when the lost the election, and they chose war.

Its 100% on the Democrats, period.