[PurpleMan]

I think in the first volume of Bill Bennett’s tome on American history, he makes the point that the slavery question being compromised as a way to create a nation actually ensured that there would be a Civil War/War Between the States/ War of Northern Aggression (did I leave any out???)

[jla]

The Sage of Monticello predicted a war between the states would occur on account of the slavery issue. Though he thought it would be earlier than 1861.
The expansion of the union of states, (Missouri, Kansas; Nebraska in particular), along with the issue of whether these states would be allowed slavery, or not, was in my opinion the most prominent harbinger to the war.

[Tarheel]

‘The Late Unpleasantness’—yes, this was from a very elderly dignified North Carolinian about twenty five years ago. I had just moved to NC and was at a garden party function when I first heard the phrase. The hostess had a huge magnolia which was in gorgeous full bloom . Our hostess was enjoying multiple compliments about the beautiful magnolia. At that point she remarked that the tree had been planted by her great grandmother during ‘The Late Unpleasantness’. A few minutes later a friend took me aside and explained just what the phrase meant.

[Mashood]

If it wasn’t for the actions of the crackpot abolutionists, there would have been no Civil War. The abolutionists were the ACORNist of today.

[Ditto]

Civil War/War Between the States/ War of Northern Aggression (did I leave any out???)

You actually skipped the official name as designated by Congress ...

The War of the Rebellion