"The tragic ‘fireball
in the night’ imagined by Jefferson had finally rung. The
Missouri Compromise had failed. Proslavery and
antislavery civilians clashed in the streets and took up arms.
Thousands of Northerners were willing to die for their
beliefs. The Civil War had begun. The states were at war
with each other." This dividing battle between the North
and the South was unavoidable. The Civil War was caused
by economic, political and moral problems. It all started by
an alarming increase in a need for cotton, which triggered
the building of a barrier between two territories in a
growing nation. New Machinery was changing the textile
industry in New England and Britain. These mills needed
more and more cotton, creating a new demand in the south.
For this trade with Europe, after 1812, raw cotton
accounted for one-third all cotton exports of the United
States. By 1830, it increased to half. Cotton quickly
became a big money-making cash crop for the South and......
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