Civil War: Irrepressible or repressible

The Civil War was irrepressible because of serious economic issues and political division and deadlock. Sectionalism had been on the rise for many years before the 1960 presidential election. Protective tariffs designed to aid the Northern shipping businesses had damaged the South. Prices rose for necessary goods but the price of exports did not increase for the southern farmers and in some cases decreased. Foreign countries did not want to buy goods from a country that will not return the favor. This was essentially sectional divide number one.
The issue of slavery brought up another sectional divide. Slavery was ingrained in the South. The North did not want or practice slavery but tolerated and profited from it right up to the Civil War. With new territory the issue of extension of slavery arose. The Compromise of 1820 divided North and South, the North without slaves and the South with slaves. This legally and physically created a sectional division that developed for the 34 years of the Compromise's existence. In the Compromise of 1950 and the Fugitive Slave Law, the North was required to stomach slavery by returning escaped slaves to their owners. At this point, there was no turning back. Sectional divisions heightened and intensified unchecked. Political parties developed over the issue of slavery. The Republicans were composed of abolitionists and Free-soilers. Since slavery was a sectional issue and there were political parties that divided over the issue of slavery then the politics were sectional as well.
The Crittenden Scheme tried to amend the Constitution in order to appease the South by giving all future states south of 36 30, the original Missouri Compromise line, the right to come into the union with or without slavery. This was flatly rejected. This showed how the issue of slavery and sectional division would once and for all cause a Civil War as three separate Compromises could not solve the problem.