To what extent were sectionalism and states' rights the underlying causes of the Civil War?

Sectionalism was the major cause of the United States Civil War because it was integral to creating the Southern social life as well as shaping its political tendencies, not the issue of slavery, which only affected a very small percent of southerners.

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