by Stephone Domingo

Created on: March 24, 2010   Last Updated: March 25, 2010

The Civil War was inevitable; debate of slavery, and agitated tension fueled the fire.  The leading stake between the North and South was the matter of slavery. The North opposed slavery, as the South found it essential to its livelihood. Finally, tension was in the air. Each side grew tired of the other, waiting to strike, fed up. The Civil War was clearly inevitable, by my facts, and by the events.

Foremost, the pure operation of slavery struck controversy wherever it stood. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the writer and creator of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, struck slavery where it stood. Being an abolitionist, Stowe fought slavery and heavily disagreed with the south by publishing stories and articles of cruel slave masters, such as the one in written in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, portraying them as mean, sadistic, and abusively pious, using the lord as an excuse to practice ungodly sick acts. This struck the south hard, causing would be confederate writers to refute Stowe’s stories and articles, saying they were, “Extremist”

Slavery was also a heavily debated topic in territories. Stephen Douglass, Senator of Illinois, suggested Popular Sovereignty, a system that would allow each potential state to vote on the matter of slavery them. He insisted that the issue of slavery must not be forgotten, dropped, or pushed aside. In the end, this would be a failure, leading to anger and negative emotions felt by both the South and the North. Southerners poured into the Kansas and Nebraska territories o temporarily live, only to vote. Northern Abolitionists, such as the well known John Brown, took this to heart, leading to a grassroot movement of rouge Abolitionist massacres. Congressman Robert Tooms of Georgia led a precursor to the “Popular Sovereignty” movement, contesting that slavery should be allowed in territories for [New Mexico and California] were, “…purchased by the common blood and treasure of the whole people..]”.Slavery would be one of the most argued practices in America, leading all the way up to the Civil War, something that couldn’t be prevented.

Hitherto, slavery only made the tension between the North and South even stronger. Noticing this, Abraham Lincoln attempted to acknowledge the matter with his, “A house divided by itself cannot stand” speed at the Republican state convention. Some say this only, indeed, pointed out many more differences and arguments between the two sides, making

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