Why Is The American Civil War Necessary

The American civil war was a necessary event and it determined the kind of country that we have today. The civil war was a result of the southern states seceding and both sides fighting in effort to enforce their view of slavery. If the civil war wouldn't have happened, then the southern states would have been their own country and so would the union. In theory this works, but both the north and the south were dependent on each other for economic reasons. Working together, the north and the south farmed and manufactured goods such as textiles. Without the north, the south could only harvest the cotton but then would have to rely on foreign companies to manufacture the goods which would increase the cost of goods. Without the south, the north