Dr.Zaccarini 12/07/00 Civil War The civil war was the one and only war Americans had with themselves. Unlike the other wars‚ where America fought for their countries freedom or to assist other countries in need‚ the civil war was Americans against Americans; North against South. Eventhough‚ the civil war was an all American war‚ each side had a reason‚ and a purpose of why they fought in this war. Now‚ centuries later‚ we come to the question "Was the Civil War Inevitable?". I will go through the
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One of the most prominent questions in history was‚ “Was the Civil War inevitable?” many have formed an opinion and a much agreed with conclusion has come about. Secession was inevitable based on the events that occurred from 1800-1859; The War with Mexico‚ the Acquisition of Oregon and Texas‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were three of these important events that led to the inevitable secession and Civil War. Without these events the Civil War and the secession of the South could have been avoided
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The Civil War in America was‚ in fact‚ inevitable. There were many disputes over the politics‚ economics‚ and culture of slavery both in the White House and in the Supreme Court. The South was very persistent about wanting to keep slavery and they even wanted it to spread in to the North. The North disagreed completely however and wanted it to just be completely abolished throughout all of America. There were many factors that made the Civil War inevitable. The first of which was economic differences
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American Civil War – Yankees and Confederates: mid-19th Century Historical Investigation American Civil War – Yankees and Confederates: mid-19th Century To what extent was the Civil War inevitable? To a great extent the Civil War was inevitable. In 1861‚ the Civil War in America began‚ lasting four years and causing terrible destruction. The factors of different economies‚ slavery and human rights‚ different views of the Constitution‚ the westward expansion and Lincoln’s election contributed
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One of the most interesting questions in America is was the Civil War Inevitable. Could the North and South resolved their differences another way? Yes‚ if the federal government allowed the states to do whatever they wished and if the North and South did not care about each other the war would’ve never happened. The Heart of the conflict was that the states were originally independent. Slavery was one of the causes of the civil war. The South depended on slavery to fuel their economy. They had
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On April 11‚ 1861 the Civil War began‚ and was fought between the Union and the Confederate States of America. Should it have happened? A lot of people believe the Civil War was inevitable‚ but was it? In order for the North and South to move forward as one country‚ they had to settle their differences. Within six months of Lincoln’s election in 1860 as President of the United States‚ several states had seceded from the Union‚ and the American Civil War had begun. Lincoln was anti-slavery‚ and therefore
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The Civil War was the greatest and most important war ever to be fought on American soil. Though the events leading to the civil war had been ongoing for some time‚ the Civil War was never inevitable; it was the result of prejudices and extremism and failures in leadership on the sides of both the North and the South. The Civil War was at first a war to bring back the secessionists back to the union but it later became a much greater event‚ a war to end slavery and a war forever remembered by the
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Was the American civil war inevitable? 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
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The Civil War was fought between the Northern and Southern states of of America. Was the Civil War inevitable? It was a conflict bound to happen due to the differences between the North and South’s views on slavery‚ society‚ and politics. The South wanted their independence and freedom from the North‚ while the North wanted unity. The Northern states‚ also known as the Union‚ had a very strong economy based on agriculture‚ industry‚ and free labor. They were independent and did not have to rely
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how the house would not stay the way it was‚ which was divided. Half of the United States supported slavery and the other half did not. Lincoln states‚ “A house divided against itself cannot stand”‚ concluding that something needed and was going to happen to change that. When relating this to the question of whether the Civil War was inevitable or not‚ this supports that is was indeed inevitable. The question of slavery was too grand of an issue to not result in some type of event in order for it to
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