could the civil war in 1861 between american states been avoided?why or why not?

Answer 1

Yes. Most people get confused and think that the Civil War was about slavery. The real issue at hand was state's rights. That is why the South seceded. Lincoln knew that he would never be able to get men to die for a state's rights issue so he introduced the morality issue of slavery. If memory serves correctly, Lincoln was quoted in a letter stating that slavery (to him) was a non issue and that his main concern was the continued cohesion of the Union. Sad, really, when you think about it.

Answer 2

There is not real way for an accurate abasement 150 plus years after the fact, but it is a reasonable assumption that the Federal Government had to react to the fragmentation of the Republic. How anything other than war could have been the response is beyond me, once the South seceded from the Union, the die was cast. Slavery and any other issue was secondary.

Answer 3

could it? yes. should it have been avoided? maybe
The war between the states could have been avoided if the northern states allowed states to govern themselves. Northern states could have been free, and southern states slave. But, this would have meant about half of the US would have kept slavery for many more years. Eventually the southern states would have abolished slavery on their own, so the question is whether the huge injustice of continued slavery was worse than the loss of all the brave americans who died in the war. It really is a tough call for me since we lost so many good people on both sides, but as a country I am proud that we abolished slavery sooner rather than later.

Answer 4

Of course it could have been avoided, but unfortunately was not. Southern states were facing financial devastation due to a variety of taxes, federal initiatives and business practices. I think civil war was a last ditch effort on the part of the South, so yes, a wiser approach to dealing with the South could have avoided war and possibly ended slavery without bloodshed. Of course, that would have also entailed price hikes in the rest of the country.

Answer 5

I think so. What I'm about to say, might make some people angry. If the powers that be in the anti-slavery movement had been willing to pay the slaveholders for their property, as stated in the Constitution, the resulting war could have been avoided. The slaveholders faced personal financial devastation, in addition to economic devastation from the loss of "free" labor. the economic model for the plantation would have been ruined.

Answer 6

i won't have the capacity to have self belief the stupidity of a few of those solutions... the yank Civil conflict (which actual began around 1855 in the process the conflict over the Kansas-Nebraska Act) replaced into an conflict fought between the united states military and the militia of the (traitorous) slave-conserving Southern states which in a in wonderful condition of anger over the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln, presumed to commit the unlawful act of seceding from the Union. there have been, of direction, quite a few matters in touch, yet they extremely based around the question of the properly suited of one phase of the inhabitants (Southern whites) to hold yet another area of the inhabitants (black people) as slaves. another undertaking the two revolved around this or replaced into insignificant. Politically, we are nonetheless battling the comparable matters, with chattel slavery having been replaced by ability of social courses like welfare and affirmative action to maintain blacks (and different minorities) in servile bondage; as quickly as back, we detect the Democrats (for the main area) interior the situation of helping such bondage.

Answer 7

Of course it could have been avoided. The United States government could have just let the South seceed and form its own country instead of starting a war.

Answer 8

no!

yea the govt. could have let the south secede but that would have inevitably led to territorial war

the north could have accepted slavery... but that would have inevitably led to a revolution...

war is not avoidable... there will always be someone who thinks they should have something they don't, or thinks they can do something better!!

Answer 9

Yes, but regional differences were not able to be overcome. Although tragic, it did define us as a nation.

Answer 10

Sure could have, almost anything can be avoided, but now it's time for you to do your own homework.