that the Civil War can be debated. It can be debated from causes‚ to outcomes‚ to victories‚ to even defeats. These are just some of the many issues that people can have different opinions on. One of the major issues or debates that people have about the Civil War is whether it was inevitable or whether it was avoidable. What started everything was when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union. On December 20th‚ 1860 this was made a reality with South Carolina seceding. After this even it
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- but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other." The Civil War was inevitable. The issue of slavery was so controversial back in the mid-18th century that neither sides‚ pro-slavery or anti-slavery‚ would have stepped down from their opinions. The only way for the issue to be resolved was war‚ where only one side could win. Although the Civil War had thousands and thousands of casualties‚ it brought on a new era of equality
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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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have tried to get the North and the South to come to a compromise on their differences during the 1800’s‚ but the Civil War was a completely inevitable event. One of the most notable differences between the North and the South was their stances on who should have more power in government. Northerners believed that federal government should be the one to decide whether slavery was to be abolished or not. The South disagreed since they felt that states should be independent‚ and have the right to make
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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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Name __________________________ Civil War Persuasive Essay Question Instructions: Answer the following question in a well-developed‚ five-paragraph persuasive essay: “Was the Civil War inevitable or preventable?” Suggestions and requirements: Your answer should be equivalent to at least 5 paragraphs of 5-6 average-length sentences each. Your answer can be “yes‚” “no” or somewhere in between. Make sure you understand the wording of the question fully before you begin. It would
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1 Is War Inevitable? The modern human mind has sought to present findings and evidence that would lead to some form of an indication or conclusion regarding the inevitability of war through the multifarious fields of science and technology; anthropology; political science; economics; psychology (both humanist and evolutionary); and cultural studies. The general perception for most people – gauged through academic surveys and Social Networking websites – is that the innate biological tuning
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slavery was finally being dealt with in a certain regard. In the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries‚ the north was still scared to upset the south so they didn’t do anything drastic. The south had this conspiracy that the north and the government was against them and that they were all trying to abolish slavery. Even though they’re weren’t very many huge improvements to the slavery laws‚ it was fairly clear that there would be a big conflict to resolve the issue. The civil war was inevitable
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Is war inevitable? What is war? Why is war considered inevitable? According to Oxford dictionaries (2014)‚ War is defined as “a state of armed conflict between countries or groups within a nation or state”‚ generally involves competitions of a dispute with fierce and hostile conflicts. However‚ argumentative comments and debates on war as an inevitable situation are usually uncertainty and the result of war as inevitable often relates to the manipulation of conflict and how the war is going. Thus
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As tensions continued to build because of the constitution allowing slavery‚ the South felt it was being backed up into a corner. (Schultz‚ 2013) The problem was‚ the South’s entire economy depended on slave labor. The North was already industrially sound‚ however in the South‚ it was the way of life and was based upon an agricultural society rather than an industrial society. The civil war was inevitable because the North and the South would not compromise on issues of slavery‚ sectionalism‚ and
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