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Causes of the Civil War: Slavery and Control of the Government. Throughout the first half of the 19th century, Southern politicians sought to defend slavery by retaining control of the federal government.
Transcript: Top 5 Causes of the Civil War. The American Civil War cost of 620,000 American lives, which is roughly only 1% of the African lives lost to the slave trade. However, to say the Civil War was fought over slavery is an over simplified answer. Here are the top five causes of the civil war.