Looking at wars in history one may question the ability to avoid such casualties and destruction that occurred. Such as the civil war where American’s fought American’s seizing to destroy each other even though both had worked hard to overcome Britain’s monarchy and develop the free nation. However the civil war became inevitable when President Lincoln was elected due to such different views between him and the south. These differences included economic, social, and political differences which divided the north and the south enough to spark the civil war.
The most notable point of when the civil war became inevitable was when Lincoln was elected. When he was elected seven states in the south seceded, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. They seceded because of Lincolns view on slavery and how it would hurt them economically, socially, and politically to abolish slavery. If slavery became taken away they would not be able to grow crops since the slaves tend to the crops and harvest them and maintain them. If crops can’t be grown then there would be no way to sell crops to the north so the south economics would be dead and if there were no slaves to buy or sell then cash flow would completely stop in the south.
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When the southern states seceded it causes anger in the north since they felt like they were being betrayed by their own brothers and sisters who had helped defeat the Britain monarchy. The north took action right away for they didn’t see how the union could work if all those states seceded, they also knew it would render them a weak union if Britain or France saw them split up like north and south. With the southern states seceded due to such strong differences like slavery the war was going to happen it was just a matter of who would strike
The Civil war was not inevitable; it was the result of extremism and failures of leadership on both sides. This war was long forthcoming; we see this conflict as a nation divided or as Lincoln put it a house divided (Doc 4). It was a conflict between pro-slavery southerners and anti-slavery northerners. Both sides felt strongly about their position, leading to neither side backing down. However, this war could have been avoided through a compromise of stronger leadership and less extremism.
Why did the Southern states separate from the Union? In the 1850’s Southern States had different views of the Union. In the 1850’s Northern states and Southern states had a lot of differences. Southern states were adamant about having slavery and Northern states thought slavery was appalling and terrible and that it should be abolished.The two states also fought over economic differences because the North made a living based on factories and the South made a living based on slaves. They also fought over government power, the South thought they deserved more power than the Federal Government. Therefore it led to the Civil War. Southern States seceded from the Union because of slavery, economic differences and issues over government power.
I think the Civil War became inevitable when Lincoln was elected in 1860. Lincoln believed that slaves should have the right to be free, but the south disagreed with Lincoln. One of the reasons why the civil war started was because of the difference opinions over the free and slave states. The Kansas-Nebraska Act also played a key role in starting the civil war. The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the popular sovereignty to decide which territories would have
I believe that the Civil War was inevitable. Almost any time the Civil War is debated, one of the most infamous questions is asked, whether the war was inevitable or if it could have been avoided. On December 20th, 1860, South Carolina declared its plan to secede from the Union. The Secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six additional states from the South. By February 1861, the seven southern states had drafted a provisional constitution and became the Confederate States of America.
The topic, was the Civil War inevitable, may interest many people. The Civil War was inevitable due to the fact that many situations could have been avoided therefore, the war wouldn’t of have occurred. The Compromise of 1850 is just one example of this situation because it promoted great conflict. This document allowed California to enter the Union as a free state, territories of New Mexico and Utah to vote on slavery, it ended slave trade in in Washington D.C., it enforced a strict fugitive slave law, and it settled border dispute in New Mexico and Texas. Although the document was meant to resolve conflict, it made territories even worse because not everyone agreed on what the compromise stated. The sectionalism is another example of this
In the 1800s, Northerners and Southerners of America fought in a gruesome war to try to end the argument of slavery once and for all. The newly developed country had fought about it for years in terms of geographical, political, and economical issues. However, by the 1860’s the dispute between the North and South had been narrowed down to a very specific foundation – morality. According to the Merriam- Webster dictionary the definition of morality is “beliefs about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior.” Both the North and the South felt they were morally correct, which is why the civil war was inevitable because neither side could have been satisfied with a geographical or political arrangement. No person or things could change the way the people felt morally – so compromises and physical arrangements would not have an effect on what they believed was ethical. This is the main reason why the civil war was truly started – despite the events that may have shown it to be from an economical or political standpoint. Although some believed that the Civil War was caused by dispute over geographical, political or economical issues, it was really an issue of the North and South both believing that they were morally correct.
The Civil War was caused by the economics of slavery and the political control of that system, specifically being states’ rights on the federal powers of the government, the territorial expansion of the united states that led to the division of the two sides, and the election of President Abraham Lincoln which was the final event that sent the nation to war.
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.
After thoroughly assessing past readings and additional research on the Civil War between the North and South, it was quite apparent that the war was inevitable. Opposed views on this would have probably argued that slavery was the only reason for the Civil War. Therefore suggesting it could have been avoided if a resolution was reached on the issue of slavery. Although there is accuracy in stating slavery led to the war, it wasn’t the only factor. Along with slavery, political issues with territorial expansion, there were also economic and social differences between North and South. These differences, being more than just one or two, gradually led to a war that was bound to happened one way or another.
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 was fought from 1861-1865.(Masur,L 2011) One of its main components was slavery. Many northern states fought to end slavery, while the southern states wished to fight to keep slavery and protect its rights.(civilwar.org) The Southern states economy was dependent on cotton which to them made slavery a necessity, while the North was becoming a more industrialized economy.(Masur,L 2011)The separation in economic needs helped to create a divide between the two sections.(ushistory.org) In addition to the economy, southern states pushed for nullification. They did not believe that the Federal Government should impose its will on the states. (Masur,L 2011 pg4) The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 did little to reassure the south that their rights to own slaves would be upheld and was basically a final straw for many southern states. (civilwar.org) There were a total of eleven states that would secede from the Union from 1860-1861 prior to the start of the Civil War. These states in order of secession were
The Civil War was caused by many several pressures, principles, and prejudices, fueled by sectional differences, and was finally set into motion by a most unlikely set of political events. From economic differences to political differences all the way up to cultural differences, the North and the South opposed each other. These tensions were further increased after the western expansion of the United States. By the early 1850’s a civil war was known to be likely coming soon.
The controversy over slaves ultimately led to the secession. Abraham Lincoln thinks slavery is wrong and he wants to stop it from spreading. Earlier, he had warned that slavery could separate a nation. In the 1860 election Lincoln is elected, but southerners are worried he will end slavery forever. Southern states start to secede because they are worried. First South Carolina succeeds, then North, Texas, and then Florida too. They give themselves a new name called the Confederate States of America. (Wise...)
The North had full control over the federal government and used that to suppress the Southern states by creating laws that only benefitted the North. The South felt the corrupt government was unfair and they threatened to secede if nothing was done about it. In The South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification it is stated, “…we
The Civil War was inevitable in many reasons. The economic and industrial evolution was mainly in the North side of the United States while the South was just a cotton kingdom, Slave Empire. Also both were completely opposites of one another when it was about freeing the slaves or hiring more. With many debates there has to be sides that would be separated especially if the president has so much hate from the people. With that being said, since many want opposing ideas, the Civil War becomes much evitable.