Was the Civil War inevitable
Was the Civil War an inevitable conflict?The Civil War was an inevitable conflict that was bound to explode due to the differences between the North and South societies, slavery, and politics. After Independence, the complexity of the American society grew. The three components that contributed to this complexity was the shift away form small-scale, largely subsistence farming by substantial numbers of northerners; the migration of thousands of white Americans and black slaves, and the renewal of slavery as a viable economic system. Together, these triggered a sharpening conflict between economic interests, social classes and regions that were frequently manifested in party politics.During the first half of the nineteenth century, economic differences between the regions of the North and South increased. By 1830, cotton was the chief crop of the South, and it represented just over half of all U.S. exports. It continued to expand and by 1836, it represented nearly two thirds of all American exports (Enduring Visions, 244). The profitability of cotton completed the South's dependence on the plantation system and its essential compone
The American Civil War was inevitable due to the divergent social, economic, and political points of view, dating from the colonial times, which gradually drove the two sections farther and farther apart. The North was by then firmly established as an industrial society. Many Southerners feared that a government increasingly dominated by free states might eventually endanger existing slaveholdings. Southerners therefore opposed high tariffs, or taxes that were placed on imported goods and increased the price of manufactured articles. They favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution and they wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. When the war ended in 1848, the United States contained an equal number of free and slave states, but the land that was acquired by the war threatened to upset this balance. As Northern and Southern patterns of living diverged, their political ideas also developed marked differences. The south, resisting industrialization, manufactured little. Compromises were what kept the Union together as a whole, and when they were unable to compromise, the situation became explosive. The idea of extending the Missouri Compromise line of 36 30' angered many free-soilers because it would allow slavery in New Mexico and southern California. The manufacturing economy of the North, on the other hand, demanded high tariffs to protect its own products from cheap foreign competition (Enduring Vision, 251). In addition, Southern patriots feared that a strong central government might interfere with slavery. Thus, the South strongly opposed all efforts to block the expansion of slavery. Almost all manufactured goods had to be imported.
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