Heres perhaps a question to expand upon this. Don't quote me on that
Taking the American Civil War (which had many causes, some bigger than others

) out of the picture, could we say that the the US would never experience a civil war?
It seems to me (and any of you can refute this) that almost every country in the world has faced some sort of Civil War at some point in their history.(this of course does depend on how exactly you define a "Civil War")
So, if the 1860's ACW was avoided, does that mean we wouldn't face such an issue? Or would the US be one of the exceptions in history?
Granted, I know that its hard to say one way or the other (especially since the US is still a young country and we have no idea what may come in the future) but I am curious about this.
Also, while I am a followe of States Rights (after all, without the states, there is no United
States of America

) but I do for the most part believe that a large part of the blaim for the ACW was on slavery.
Of course, if the north had left things alone, then there wouldn't have been a problem and the south would have had no reason to get riled up.
