Was the civil war inevitable?

Answer 1

Probably. The Civil war was not really about Slavery. The North was developing a manufacturing economy while the South was still living with an farming economy. The two types of economies were very different when it comes to what they needed out of their federal government. For example, the North needed/wanted tariffs on incoming manufactured goods, while the South wanted those to be as cheap as possible so they could afford what they had to buy. The South wanted/needed friendly trade relations with the countries whose products the North wanted to put taxes on, so they could sell their agricultural goods to them. That makes for a distinct division in interests, and at some point, someone is going to decide to try to split them up permanently.

Answer 2

I think it was. Abraham Lincoln desperately wanted to preserve the Union, and the South wanted to form its own separate nation. The two sides' differences were too great to settle; civil war was the only option, unless Lincoln would allow the South to break free from the U.S. (which was not an option for him).

Answer 3

It had been brewing for over a generation--it's just that you had people like Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, holding it together. Until you had the same belief in governmental structure on each side, you did not have a stable foundation.

Answer 4

At some point in history, yes.

Cultures tend to collide and beliefs tend to become offended.

Culture conflict always has and will happen.

So, yeah.

Answer 5

probably not because of the different types of thinking between the north and the south. one wanted one thing and one wanted another.