Robert E. Lee said, "This war is not about slavery." If not slavery, then what was the Civil War about? Write an essay that describes the background of and major causes for the Civil War. Do you agree with Robert E. Lee? Why or why not?

Many people believed that the war was never about slavery but about preserving the federation. In the beginning, even the northerners did not care much about slavery and just wanted to prevent the confederation from seceding. This was mostly due to things like economy separation of power.