An analysis of the Civil War reveals that the Civil War was inevitable due to the political, economic, and moral differences between the North and the South over the issue of slavery without any of the two parties were willing to compromise. The Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 between the Confederate States of America or the “South” and the Union or the “North.” It consisted of many battles including Shiloh, Antietam, Stones River, and the Battle of Gettysburg. An estimated 620,000 men lost their lives during this gruesome war. Most consider the war inevitable because neither the North nor the South were willing to compromise their beliefs or values to avoid it. The Missouri Compromise is said to be one of the key political factors that contributed to the Civil War. This compromise was passed in 1820 and stated that the land west of the Mississippi was considered a slave state, and the land to the north was considered a free state, excluding Missouri, which was considered a slave state. It was designed to ensure that there were an equal number of slave states and free states represented in the House, which gave both parties an equal vote on a specific issue. Unfortunately, with the division of the two regions, tension began to rise and from the South there was talk of secession from the Union. The South argued that if they had the right to join the Union, it was also their right to secede from the Union. In addition to the Missouri Compromise, the invention of the cotton gin had a significant economic impact on the South that ultimately caused more tension with the North The gin, invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney, was a tool for removing cotton seeds from cotton fibers . Cotton could now be at the center of the paper. The South felt that the federal government was imposing taxes and laws that treated the South unfairly. The South also believed that it had, as a state, the right to secede from the union if it desired. Based on the above analysis of facts, the civil war was, in fact, inevitable due to the lack of compromise between the two countries. sides. Economically, slaves are what kept the Southern economy running. Slaves were needed to pick cotton, which was the South's largest export at the time. Giving up slaves in the South would only worsen their economy and putting the North first. On the other hand, the North believed that it was morally wrong for a human to own another human; regardless of the economic success they could bring you. These two different points of view are what almost pushed the South out of the Union, but instead caused the inevitable Civil War.
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