Political Party

Jaspreet · Corporal Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 2

The sectional rivalry between North and South began because of the unsuccessful attempts made by the U.S. political system to satisfy either fo the two opposing sides. The ongoing struggle was never resolved, which ultimately resulted in the outbreak of the civil war.

This is the essay i have to do for my Honors U.S. History assignment. My teacher wants me to either agree or disagree with the statement. I disagree that political system was responsible for the outbreak of the war, and i wanted to get your opinions on this statement for reference for my essay. Do you guys agree that political party could have stopped civil war or do you believe that they started the civil war?

GeoMcClellan · Sergeant Major Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 71

I believe politics and politicians were a major contribution to the war. It was the partisan ways of the free soilers and the Cotton Power. Had everybody come together and focused on what was good for the country as a whole then the war may have been avoided.

myash · Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:41 am Post subject: politics

politics and politicians were a major contribution to the war.

Well this is a true statement.

However there were a few underlying issues that lit the fuse, so to say.

The North had a flood of immagrants to work the factories, the south had slaves. The north had different types of industry that fed the nation, the south had cotton sold to the nation and Europe.
The issue of slavery ignited the states rights issues and from there it rolled into rebellion.

BobbyLee · Corporal Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 3

cwalenta999 · Sergeant Major Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 60

I actually think the political system did a fairly decent job at crafting compromises over the years that kept the nation at peace for many years.