Failure to live by the statement, "All men are created equal," and honor the inalienable rights of people following the American Revolution, is not the main precursor that doomed the United States to a Civil War. Rather, it was the extreme political differences between the Northern and the Southern states. They differed in opinions on how much power the federal government should have, and how the Constitution should be interpreted, that caused such hostility and aggression between the two regions. Advocates for States' Rights, and advocates for a strong central government, found themselves at a standstill with each other. Each political party was unwilling to budge on their opinions, and growing more hostile and frustrated with each other by the day. However, the Civil War is partially due to the failure to live by the statement, "All men are created equal," as shown by the undeniable difference in opinions on slavery, in the North and the South. However, the political differences between the North and the South, is what drew the line between the two regions, and sent the United States into a Civil War that would threaten the stability, and peace of the nation. It and pit brother against brother from 1861-1865.
At the time, there were 2 dueling political parties, that each wanted a certain amount of power to be controlled by the central government and the state. The Federalists in the North, wanted a strong central government and chose to take a loose interpretation of the Constitution. The opposing political party, the Democratic-Republicans of the South, called for a weaker central government with stronger individual States' Rights, and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. The Democratic-Republicans felt this way because they feared, that if given too much power was given to the the federal government, the would begin to resemble a monarchy. They also heavily opposed the Federalists' frequent use of the Necessary and Proper Clause, which was used whenever the Federalists wished to do something that appeared to be unconstitutional.
