Would it be accurate to say that the American Civil War was about

>>3346098
A more important question would be, How long until the next Civil War breaks out between the left and alt right?

It was about slavery for the South and preserving the union for the North.

The vast majority of the North didn't care how negroes were treated as long as the country stayed together, which is why the North was willing to give up on reconstruction and leave Jim Crow alone until the 50s.

south's propaganda: state rights
south's real reason: slavery
north's propaganda: end slavery, preserve the union
north's real reason: remove state rights