INQ-120 | American Civil War

Full Title: The Origins of the American Civil War

Topic Description:

For generations of Americans, the paradox of slavery and freedom existed as a daily reminder of the inherent flaw within the fabric of American society. Could or should this country endure, as Lincoln asked, “half slave and half free?” In the decades between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the moral debate over slavery, the constitution and States Rights divided this nation like no other topic in our country’s history.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: December 2010