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Considering the relative weight given to causes of the Civil War by contemporary actors, historians such as Chandra Manning argue that both Union and Confederate fighting soldiers believed slavery to be the cause of the Civil War.

Union men mainly believed the war was to bring emancipation to the slaves.

Confederates fought to protect southern society, and slavery as an integral part of it.

Addressing the causes, Eric Foner would relate a historical context with multidimensional political, social and economic variables.

The several causes united in the moment by a consolidating nationalism.

A social movement that was individualist, egalitarian and perfectionist grew to a political democratic majority attacking slavery, and slavery ’ s defense in the Southern pre-industrial traditional society brought the two sides to war.