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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.
The Civil War causes dates back to the early nation history. Some of the causes were: economic and social differences between the north and south, states versus federal rights â¦, the fight between slave and non-slave state proponents and the growth of the abolition movement.