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"Sectionalism, not Slavery, was the major cause of the US Civil War…
"Sectionalism, not Slavery, was the major cause of the US Civil War." To what extent do you agree with this statement?
THESIS
Sectionalism was one of the driving factors in the origins of the civil war. Although compared to slaver, which is considered the primary cause, sectionalism takes into account the deep divisions between the north and south including and going further than slavery
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HISTORIOGRAPHY
Charles Joyner
"The historical record … clearly shows that the cause for which the South seceded and fought a devastating war was slavery.”
Davis Bowman
“northern and southern partisans of white sectionalism tended to see their respective sections as engaged in the high-minded defense of vested interests, outraged rights and liberties, and imperilled honour, all embedded in a society and way of life they deemed authentically American.”
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