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Why do many historians consider economic differences the main cause of the Civil War?

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Historically, textbooks have taught that incompatibility between northern and southern economies caused the Civil War. Southerners made huge profits from cotton and slaves and fought a war to maintain them. ... Northerners did not need slaves for their economy and fought a war to free them.

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