Civil War: Repressible or Irrepressible?

The Civil War was irrepressible due to the overwhelming power slavery had on the economy, and thus the country. The plantation owners in the South depended upon slave labor to support the plantation-centered economy of the time and saw it neccessary to sustain it. Aside from the plantation owners finding it neccessary the lower class immigrants were against the abolition of slavery because it would create more competition for jobs. Seemingly all classes in the South, minus the slaves, were for slavery. This created great conflict through the pressure created by the Abolitionists to abolish slavery while the Republicans were against the expansion of it. These ideals conflicted greatly with the South's dependency on slavery. Overall, the Civil War was irrepressible due to the South's dependency on slavery and the controversy the issue caused.