I read the Declarations of Secession and that was enough for me. The number of times the slave states mentioned slavery over and over made it crystal clear.
And they had the nerve to mention the Northern states were infringing on their Freedom to have slaves.
On those documents, if you replaces the word slavery with "Tulip Bulb Speculation", you would of had the same effect on the secession effort and the subsequent volunteering in manpower the Confederate Armed Forces.
The kindling was the desire to be free from the onerous Federal Maw, slavery was just the match.
If there is another Civil War what's going to be the Feds bogus excuse this time?