Could The Civil War Be Avoided Essay

Imagine you had a friend, and you disagreed on pretty much everything and the thing that is most important to you they just ignore. Would you end that friendship or stay when you know it can’t get better? That was the situation that the North and South were facing during the early to mid 1800’s. They fought about almost every decision and they had no idea how to handle the slavery issue. Was the civil war really necessary? The civil war could not have been avoided because of the rising tensions between the north and south and the crittenden compromise.
The increasing sectional tension between the north and south was the biggest reason for the civil war. The biggest issue that separated the north and south was the slavery issue. Every time a compromise was made to fix things both sides had to keep giving things up, and they were sick of it. All this built up anger finally showed itself during “Bleeding Kansas.” Bleeding Kansas was a time when proslavery and antislavery people rushed into Missouri to vote for, or against slavery in the new state. Most of these arguments resulted in violence. According to a letter by Edward Bridgeman, people were stealing …show more content…
The Crittenden Compromise was a last minute effort to try to bring the south back into the union. However, this compromise had nothing in it for the north, so it wasn’t even voted on. Some might say that this is the reason the war could have been avoided, that the north should have accepted and that it would’ve saved the union. However, they are wrong because this would make things even worse. The compromise did nothing to help the north and it would just drive them apart even more. The Crittenden Compromise proposed 6 amendments to the constitution and 4 congressional resolutions. (Crittenden Compromise Article) This shows that the civil war couldn’t have been avoided because neither side wanted to give anything to the