Comment Re:Whatever means necessary? (Score 1) 818
The Civil War was fought over a lot of stuff. Mostly economics, but social issues to a lesser extent.
Also kind of depends on what state we're talking about; the people fighting in frontier and border states, like Missouri, had different motivations than, say, regular army troops from Carolina and New York.
I will say, people claiming that slavery was the main or only cause/reason for the war is an effective yardstick for measuring comprehension of historical facts.