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The American Civil War was fundamentally about slavery, with the institution being the central and primary cause of the conflict. The war erupted after the election of Abraham Lincoln, whose Republican Party opposed the expansion of slavery into new western territories, a position that Southern states viewed as an existential threat to their slave-based economy and social order.
Seven Southern slave states seceded from the Union in response, explicitly citing the preservation of slavery as their reason for leaving.
This is clearly documented in the secession declarations of states like Mississippi, which stated their new government was founded on the principle that slavery was the "corner-stone" of their society.
