Causes of the American Civil War The South, which was known as the Confederate States of America, seceded from the North, which was also known as the Union, for many different reasons. The reason they wanted to succeed was because there was four decades of great sectional conflict between the two. Between the North and South there were deep economic, social, and political differences. The South wanted to become an independent nation. There were many …showed first 75 words of 1950 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1950 total…South seceded it was said by Abraham Lincoln "A house divided against it cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." Because slavery formed two opposing societies, and slavery could never be abolished, the Civil War was inevitable." These were all the reasons why the South seceded from the Union and there was really no other way to avoid succession because the North and South had totally opposing views.