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Why Is The Civil War Avoidable

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I think the war could have been avoidable because if we would have made a treaty to stop slavery then there wouldn’t have to be any war at all. The only reason they started wars and fights is because of slavery. The people that owned the slaves weren’t being fair and neither was the government. When Abraham Lincoln came along he tried to stop slavery and set them free and live their lives on their own with their families. But, Abraham had a slave but his wife owned her/him not Lincoln. He’s was the one trying to stop slavery. The North and the south had a disagreement because of the salves the north and the south both had slaves so they really had nothing to fight about. The north side was trying to stop the slavery in the first place, but they still had slaves were they lived. …show more content…

One of the reasons for my argument or opinions is that when the South side found out or got into the argument they took it to far and started a war. The Civil War was pretty much pointless and very cruel. In my opinion the Civil War was a very sad thing that should never be in America’s history. I also think that it was a great sacrifice for America’s heroes. If none of them would have sacrificed their lives for America then it might not have been like it is today. The flip side part of this essay is, that some people in the south and in the north think that’s it’s a problem to have slaves which I think it is wrong. But some people are just to stubborn to know that every person on this earth should have equal rights and the ability to do what ever they want and when they want to. They still need to follow the laws and pay things for your home and all but still. I think that the north side was right about stopping slavery because, if slavery hadn’t been stopped then people would not be free and things would be a whole lot different then when it was back

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