Absolutely, examples of war profiteers are KBR, Halliburton, and Blackwater which were able to charge the US military extremely high prices for all goods and services provided to them.
The issue of state's rights is still debated by historians and polititians today. The issue of slavery however is not a factor. Slavery was abolished in the US when the 13th Amendment to the US...
Yes, there are monks all over the world today. There are monasteries in most western countries, the middle east and the far east. They are both Christian monks and Buddhist monks.