The want for the war was not brought on by the North for economic gain, as some may believe, but by the South; who risked war to keep their treasured institution. Beard and Hacker deemed the Civil War as " the Second American Revolution" Unlike Degler Due to Triumph to the Northern Business Interest They believed The American struggle could be compared to the European bourgeois revolutions which is when the middle class revolutionized industry and modernized society in France To refute this Evidence - Northern business not throttled by southern domination of government - Business recieved aid from southern-dominated governments - favoritism torwards northern shipping - wishes not obtained by the North did not constitute a war