Give an example of how politicians have clouded the issue of the cause of the civil war?

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Politicians clouded the issue of the cause of the Civil War in the way they used the armed conflict to protect their agendas and interests.

Everybody knows that one of the most important issues that caused the Civil War was slavery. The abolitionists states of the North vs. the slavery states of the South.

But it truly was not a fight to free the African Americans that worked in the South. There was an economic reason that represented a major hinder. The economy of the southern states depended completely on slavery. Landowners had large plantations in the South and needed salves to produce the kind of cash crops that were traded and exported to Europe. Southern politicians amassed a considerable grade o power and this represented a threat to Northern politicians and their states. The Union States though that the increased number of slaves could affect their presence and decision power in the US Congress, passing legislation that favored the South against the North.

europe would not recognize the confederacy as an independent nation.

- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."