The reason is that the Southern states and Northern states disagreed on a good bit of ideas. The Confederacy believed that the federal government over America was flawed and they would be better off on their own.
Spread of Slavery:
The south wanted to spread slavery to boost southern economy but the north wanted to spread industry and rid of the old system of slavery. This led to a difference of ideas the Democrats in the south disagreed and wanted to spread while the Republicans in the north wanted to spread industry.
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The annexation of Texas, a slave state, raised a lot of tension because it ruined the balance of power between the North free states and the South slave states.