The increasing hostility between the North and the South, and ultimately secession of the South and the Civil War was unavoidable because both regions constantly bumped heads regarding slavery and states’ rights. When trying to decide how to resolve the issues, neither could produce an efficient and solid plan without offending each other. From proposing the Wilmot Proviso post-Mexican War to the election of Lincoln, the country was slowly slipping into an uneasy environment. The South constantly felt betrayed and always worried about having equal representation in Congress. During the 1850s, compromises and peace offerings could have been proposed, but they would have failed like the many others in the past. I strongly believe that the split
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Similar to the American Revolutionary War, I think conflict and violence was needed to settle the disputes before peace could, more or less, permanently be made between both sides. The North …show more content…
To Southerners, the Civil War was similar to the American Revolutionary War because they felt as if their rights were being stripped away. The government seemingly turned their backs to the North’s personal liberty laws even though it broke the law, but everyone jumped on the South for relying on agriculture and slavery. I also believe that slavery was the central conflict of the Civil War because the political parties, the Republican Party in particular, were formed around the issue of slavery. The South felt as if they lacked any sort of say in what the federal government proposed and after Lincoln was elected, they felt vilified because the Republican Party was set against the expansion of slavery. Furthermore, the Lincoln-Douglas debates earlier on were mainly on the slavery and how it should handled. The way each region perceived slavery was a major factor in the road to secession and war because without it, the South believed they were left with nothing. With no slaves, the Southern economy would drop because no one would farm their crops or help them carry out
Similar to the American Revolutionary War, I think conflict and violence was needed to settle the disputes before peace could, more or less, permanently be made between both sides. The North …show more content…
To Southerners, the Civil War was similar to the American Revolutionary War because they felt as if their rights were being stripped away. The government seemingly turned their backs to the North’s personal liberty laws even though it broke the law, but everyone jumped on the South for relying on agriculture and slavery. I also believe that slavery was the central conflict of the Civil War because the political parties, the Republican Party in particular, were formed around the issue of slavery. The South felt as if they lacked any sort of say in what the federal government proposed and after Lincoln was elected, they felt vilified because the Republican Party was set against the expansion of slavery. Furthermore, the Lincoln-Douglas debates earlier on were mainly on the slavery and how it should handled. The way each region perceived slavery was a major factor in the road to secession and war because without it, the South believed they were left with nothing. With no slaves, the Southern economy would drop because no one would farm their crops or help them carry out