Why or why not was slavery a big part of the civil war?

Slavery was a big part of the civil war.

Explanation:

Slaves in the Confederate service. The Confederacy's early military successes depended significantly on slavery. Slaves provided agricultural and industrial labor, constructed fortifications, repaired railroads, and freed up white men to serve as soldiers.

the end of the gilded age coincided with the panic of 1893, a deep depression, which lasted until 1897 and marked a major political realignment in the election of 1896. this productive but divisive era was followed by the progressive era.

the decreasing neutrality of the u. s. in world war i

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