The Civil War: One of the most crucial and significant moments in the history of the United States of America. The division of a newborn nation on itself - the turmoil created threatened to collapse a unified desire for independence. A nation once united by the comfort of solidarity, once trampled by the tyranny of a mother country, once triumphant in the struggle for freedom, has become segregated on principle. Power and greed fueled a dichotomy between color and people whose repercussions lingered in the air of America for much of two centuries, and quite possibly for others to come. The Civil War has left its mark on American society, and its damage is still crippling a social zeitgeist that has the potential to thrive in a harmony of equality and freedom. The impact of the Civil War was tremendous and in many ways shaped how the United States has evolved to this day. Yet the fundamental question still hovers among Americans today: Was the Civil War inevitable? Many scholars and great thinkers often wonder whether this monumental event could have been avoided. For reasons not devoid of transparency and with the evidence of our ancestral history, the emergence of the social differences that divided the country and the war that followed seems to be inevitable.I. The Origins of the Slave Trade in Europe and Its Impact After sifting through all the political differences of the North and South in the nineteenth century, the central question is left exposed to the premise of slavery. The main conflict of the war itself revolved around its existence. Basically, the Northern Union led by Abraham Lincoln was for the abolition of slavery, while the South not only supported it, but relied on me... middle of paper ......cs/justifications.shtml . 2013. Web.Etlis, David. A brief overview of the transatlantic slave trade. Emory University: 2007. Trans-AtlanticSlave Database: http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assessment/essays-intro-04.faces.Web.Introduction to Slavery. The Mariner's Museum: CaptivePassage: Virginia. https://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/captivepassage/introduction/int001.html. 2013. Web.Introduction to Slavery. The Mariner's Museum: CaptivePassage: Virginia. https://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/captivepassage/introduction/int001.html. 2013. Web.Roark, James; Johnson, Michael; Cohen, Patricia Cline; Stage, Sarah; Lawson, Alan; Hartmann, Susan. The American Promise: A History of the United States (4th edition). Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. Print. Slavery in America. History Channel online: http://www.history.com/topics/slavery. 2013. Web.