The Civil war begin in an effort to preserve the Union not to end slavery. There were social and economic differences between the North and the South that were causing many problems. These two armies were also split on the amount of power the federal government should be given, which was causing an up roar. Slavery was not the problem. During this time the European’s were debating on joining the Confederacy in their war efforts, which would have completely destroyed the Union. Fortunately, by changing the reason for war they did not want to get involved. Slavery was now the topic of war and the Europeans, such as France, did not want to get involved, because they did not believe in