Was slavery the cause of the civil war? Was one particular event the breaking straw that made the war unevitable?

The Civil War, fought between 1854 and 1862, between the North and South was a bloody battle that eventually led to the end of slavery. Even today, many individuals feel like slavery was the cause for this war. It is true that "had there been no slavery, there would have been no war." Ironically, it is also true, that many of the soldiers on either the North or South side were not fighting "for" or "against" the …

…The Civil War had numerous causes. To choose one particular event that led up to the firing of the first shot would be impossible. The tensions between the manufacturing nations of the North and the agricultural South had been growing for decades before it rose to a boil in 1861. After four years of fighting, the Civil War ended. The Confederate Army surrendered in 1865, which marked an end of two hundred and fifty years of slavery.