Causes of the Civil War"Let me tell you what is happening. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasures and hundreds of thousands of lives you could get the independence of the South, but I doubt it. North is determined to preserve this Union. They are fiery and impulsive people like you, because they live in colder climates, but when they start to move in a certain direction, they move with the constant momentum and perseverance of a powerful avalanche", - Govt. Sam Houston-Texas (Speaking as the Civil War Approaches). Economic differences and political differences are two of the things that were the cause of the civil war. There are many different causes of the Civil War, but the ones that had the greatest impact were slavery, other political events/differences, and economic differences/events between the North and the South. One of the causes of the Civil War was economic differences between the North and the South. This includes differences in industry, transportation and agriculture. Although some industry existed in the South, it remained primarily agriculture. The industry had flourished...