Was Pre Civil War Inevitable

Slavery was the main cause of the breakup of the Union and influenced other factors, such as territorial expansion, industrialization and economic tensions, and political alignments. Combined, all of these conflicts, with slavery at the root, led to the conflicts in the nation that started the Civil War. The issue of slavery caused conflict regarding new territories, economic stratification, and political turmoil. All of these tensions served to divide the nation, North against South, to start the Civil War.

Certainly, the Civil War between the North and South was not inevitable. The North had issued many plans and laws to try to abolish slavery throughout the United States, such as the Free Soil Party. If the North had not tried to completely abolish slavery, then the South may have agreed to some reductions in slavery. After the Missouri Compromise was issued to keep the numbers of slave and free states equal, the North continued to work against the South. Additionally, the idea of popular sovereignty allowed citizens to vote on whether slavery should be abolished. If the government decided for the people about the laws of slavery, it would have settled some arguments. Sometimes people do not know what is right for them and a third party needs

If asking an average person on what started the Civil War, one would probably answer with slavery. However, there were several other reasons for why the Civil War took place. The South wanted to succeed mainly for the same reason the Colonies succeeded from British Powers. The South wanted their independence. The South wanted to escape the tariffs that were being placed on them by Andrew Jackson, just as the British were putting tariffs on the colonies. The tariffs created a very hostile atmosphere that was pushing the states’ decisions to secede from the Union. These tariffs would reduce the amount of money the South could take in, because foreign countries could not afford to buy much cotton because lack of their exported income from the tariffs. Vice President, John Calhoun proposed that the states have the right to nullify a federal law that not only can protect the welfare of the states but it also violated the Constitution. Once Calhoun proposed this nullification, to the South it became clear that the North could wield power that could damage the South’s economy. The South believed that they were fighting against a tyrannical government that the North were subjugating and enslaving them. The South really disliked the high taxes, which isn’t it one of the main reasons that our previous generations fought against in the Revolutionary

Proven facts concluded that , before the civil war the country was divided between the North and South. Their issues included State rights and disagreements over tariffs, but their greatest and major dispute was over slavery." Slavery was basically permitted in the South but was banned in the North. With the type of problems and feuds that were developing between the two nothing was really getting solved, that is why I believe that the Civil was definitely inevitable. As for technology , the cotton gin was a very useful and popular machine because cotton plantations were very profitable. This type of technology caused a growing division between the North and South because it was more of a use in the South and required a great amount of slave

In my opinion I think the Civil War was inevitable. With the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 southerners began preparations to secede from the Union. Southerners felt with the ending of slavery this would bring their survival to an end. They depended on slavery as a way to run their plantations and had a lot of money invested in their land and slaves. With the North’s feelings growing for anti-slavery and slaves who were fugitives being protected by them the South felt they had no choice. The North ignored the fugitive slave laws and did not return the South’s property back to them. The states which had no slaves did not recognize the Constitution and the South felt the government was not working for them but against them.

The civil war was the bloodiest war ever fought on American soil, and many people argue that this war could have been avoided, instead of the bloodshed that was exhibited during this gruesome time. The disagreements that had lead to the Civil War had been causing tensions for years, so a simple document or treaty would not have been enough to fix it, if anything it would have just held the war back a couple more years causing the tensions to get worse and possibly altering the outcome of the war. There are many reasons the war was inevitable but the reasons that stand out to the rest are that the disagreements had built up to much tension to be resolved, a treaty wouldn’t not be enough to stop the tension, and sectionalism had already dividing the country. The civil war was inevitable because there were so many disagreements between the North and the South that only a war could solve.

I do not think Civil War was inevitable because there were so many times where they could have ended the problem. The Civil War occurred because of slavery. The north wanted to abolish slavery because it demoralized slaves, and they thought African-Americans should be treated like humans. When Kansas and Nebraska’s people could vote on slavery in their states, the north got very angry. They got angry because the Missouri Compromise had forbidden slaves in Kansas and Nebraska. So now the riled up northerners start to challenge the Fugitive Slave Act. In Kansas, Border Ruffians helped make it a pro slavery state by voting illegally. This made some people who opposed slavery want a new political voice.

How many of you believe that the Civil war was inevitable, and that the North and South were ineluctable to battle over slavery? In my opinion, they were. A wise man once said: ‘a house divided against itself cannot stand.” ‘I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. (Abraham Lincoln)” the discrepancy between the two caused a turning point in history for three main reasons; it lead to the end of slavery, to military innovations, and brought the North and South together. The Union’s leader Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee believed in the idea that all men were created equal, and that “Negros” should be allowed freedom. The leader of the Confederates had a different idea though. The confederate’s leader Robert E. Lee believed that “Negros” deserved no right, and that all should be slaves.

The civil war was inevitable, only however, after one key event; the cotton gin made the civil war inevitable. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 was the key element which enabled the south to have sufficient vested interest in their traditional lifestyle in order to feel the need to defend it at all costs even from their Northern countrymen. The core argument of this essay centres around the evidence which clearly defines their being in existence two ‘nations' with in America constantly in opposition to each other. Therefore the growth of sectionalism and the events which led up to the conflict made war an inevitable outcome of the hostilities which had arisen from the to ideologically

     The Civil War, often called the War for Southern Independence began on April 12, 1861. The main cause of the war was slavery. The southern states depended on slaves to help grow crops which were the main source of income for the south. Slavery was illegal in all of the northern states but most people actually were neutral about it. The main conflict was if slavery should be permitted in the newly developing western territories.

The American Civil War took place from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865. The simple answer is yes: the Civil War was completely inevitable, but there were many events, documents and people before its beginning that certainly had a large bearing on the war itself. The most divisive political issue in the United States in the mid-1800s was the expansion of slavery, and slavery is certainly the common denominator of the events leading up to the Civil War. People from the North were abolitionists, looking to abolish slavery and see those enslaved lead more fruitful lives. It would be incorrect to say that the United States couldn’t have survived without slavery, but slaves certainly played an extremely integral role in the economy and social structure of the South, which is why Southerners may have been so opposed to abolition. The Civil War was inevitable; a result of the aftermath of such events in history as the Compromise of 1850, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott v. Sanford, and the Battle of Fort Sumner, which ultimately began the war.

The civil war was mainly sparked by tensions between the north and the south. Both sides rarely agreed on topics and could never make a compromise. Slavery was a big reason for the start of the civil war, but the causes don’t end there. Although some may say that political or economic reasons started the civil war between the north and the south, political reasons were the real cause. This is because of important decisions made by the government, and the south seceding.

Slavery was the most important cause of the Civil War, because this single issue divided the North and South to begin with. The ideological differences between the North and South led to economic differences, conflicts over newly acquired territories, disputes over the constitution, and political extremism. The Election of 1860 was the culmination of these disputes and caused the South to secede in 1861 and guided the way towards the Civil War.

Many causes led to the Civil War. This all happened around the mid 1800s. It was a conflict between the Northern and Southern states. Both sides had their own view on slavery, and their separate views caused contentions between the two. Both had different views on whether to expand or stop slavery growth to the West, or have slavery at all.

I believe that slavery was not the core cause of the Civil War but rather the core cause was the vastly different belief systems and life styles of the North and South. Slavery was a symptom to the overall problem, so it received credit for the start of the Civil War. If Slavery had been the root cause, the south would not have seceded when Abraham Lincoln was elected. Lincoln made it very clear in his campaign and his presidency that his only concern was to preserve the Union and if slavery could preserve the union then so be it. Slavery was not threatened by Lincoln being in office but it also would not expand. The south seceded when the opposite party, who had different beliefs in how the government and nation should be ran, was elected