2007-10-24 07:27:46 · 5 answers · asked by eureka 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The difficulty was that there were so many things dividing the South from the North and West that an attempt at separation was almost certain - Massachusetts tried it in the 1830s. The most intractable issues were anti-slavery agitation in the North which angered those in slave states with a closer view of race relations and the agitation for protectionist tariffs by Northern industrialists which would have increased the cost of living in the mainly agricultural South - where most citizens were impoverished (by national standards) anyway. To these can be added the desire of certain Southern leaders to seize parts of Mexico and the island of Cuba to enlarge the slavery economy - and the result is an agenda for conflict. In the final analysis the War could have been avoided if Lincoln had accepted the "reality" of Secession. He did not - and the rest is history.
2007-10-24 07:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by Tony B 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it could have been avoided if the states would have taken the time to get along, but to be honest, even with more negotiation, it was going to happen.
2007-10-24 14:32:46 · answer #2 · answered by Amy F 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Discussing issues and thoughts together. Could have taken a month or so but hey they would rather kill each other evil people weren't they?
2007-10-24 14:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by sally sue 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If when we saw the Indians here we turned around and went back to wherever we came from.
2007-10-24 14:37:36 · answer #4 · answered by lilmama06 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
appease the south.
agree to split up into two countries.
that's about it.
2007-10-24 14:36:55 · answer #5 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋