Civil war

By the outbreak of the Civil War, conflict between the north and the south was irrepressible because of the previous tensions that had been building for almost half a century. One of the main factors, the slavery issue, was evident early on in American history, and remained unsolvable until the aftermath of the Civil War. The Missouri Compromise in 1820 did little to ease sectional tensions and did not provide a solution to the issue because of the unequal amount of land that was available to free and slave. This "compromise" was later questioned with the acquisition of new territories. The Compromise of 1850, which included the Fugitive Slave Law, ignited South-North oppositional fury to uncalmable levels. The south was running out of shances to snag slave states, and tensions were mounting. The Fugitive slave law bolstered opposition to slavery in the North, causing more divisions. Shortly afterwards, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 suggested popular sovreignty in Kansas and Nebraska, which would be in opposition to the established Missouri Compromise. South-North tensions were running high at this point, and arguments over Kansas and Nebraska added to the conflict. As the south and north clashed in many aspects-politically, economically, and socially, tensions mounted until the only outlet was the civil war.