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by skybrian 2767 days ago
States rights wasn't good enough for them. Before the Civil War, many people in the South wanted to expand slavery to more places including new US territories and Nicaragua [1].

If they hadn't been so eager to have their way nationally, it's possible the Civil War could have been avoided.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster)