Instances in the past have shown us just how well the U.S. can deal with its problems and still remain as a whole. Several times before in history the southern and northern parts of the United States have had differences of opinions, but the U.S. was always able to pull together and find a solution to their problem. In 1787 there was a dispute over how the government would be made up. The northern …showed first 75 words of 1622 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1622 total…machine could not hold anymore messages. Eventually someone had to answer the call, it just happened to be Lincoln who picked up the phone. By 1861 the gap between north and south was huge, there wasn't any compromise capable of resolving the many problem they had, the biggest one being slavery. The only sure answer was war, whoever had the most determination was going to win and have the things they had fought so hard for.