The most contributing factor to the coming of the Civil War was slavery, an economic issue to the South and a moral issue to the North. Slavery was the driving force for the Southern slave states to leave the Union. The Civil War was ultimately caused by the secession of the Southern states from the Union. Slavery had caused a great division in our country by the 1850's. The abolitionists of the North proclaimed that …showed first 75 words of 759 total…

…showed last 75 words of 759 total…secession occurred with Virginia leading the way for Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. In conclusion, it was the secession of the Southern states that ultimately led to the first shots of the Civil War. Lincoln saw the Southern attempt to secede as a rebellion, and he vowed to preserve the Union at all costs. On April 12, 1861, the South Carolina militia, commanded by P.G.T. Beauregard, fired on Fort Sumter, thus commencing the Civil War.