Since the beginning of time, man has pursued power by any means necessary; the Civil War is a great example of this theory in action. The reason conflict started and the reason it became such a two sided battle all points back to one thing, power. The way it should be distributed, what type of people should have it, and who should have the most all stir up conflicts between people with different opinions. In the end, the Civil War started due to a struggle for power, and when it was all said and done, the lines had still not been clearly drawn. In the time before the Civil War there were struggles for power all around. One of