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Choose One Of The Following: American Revolution (1775-1783) OR War of 1812 (1812-1815) OR U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) OR Civil War (1861-1865), from the Unions perspective

Let us first start by saying that the Civil War was the most important event in American history . There was never a crisis that commanded so much of the country 's blood , sweat , toil and tears . This is not to minimize the sacrifices that Americans have made in the past . The American Civil War was fought in every place in America . And for the Union , the very existence of the noble experiment ' hinged on the successful completion in victory of a war that many believed would be over by Christmas of 1861 but

which in reality , cost a dearer price than any side could have fathomed . A Union victory in the Civil War came at a very dear price and was never a foregone conclusion . The North had superior numbers in terms of population and industry but the South was fighting on their own land and had in their possession , better generals The Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery . There may be revisionist historians who will say that the issue of state 's rights was the real issue behind slavery but they believe what never was and what never will be recognized as the real motivation behind the greatest crisis in American History

There are a number of events that propelled both the North and the South to war . One of the most important was the 1857 Supreme Court decision of Dred Scott vs . Sanford . Dred Scott was an enslaved man who was purchased in 1833 by Dr . Emerson from another United States surgeon Peter Blow Scott moved with the doctor wherever he was his property . In 1846 , Scott sued for his freedom as his request to be set free was not granted Scott 's main argument throughout the legal battle that would last for the next eleven years was that while the doctor traveled to Free states across the country , coupled with the fact that these states did not recognize the rights of a master over a slave , he should be freed . The Supreme Court decision of Dred Scott vs . Sanford in which the Supreme Court ruled that a slave who escaped to a free state is still a slave and that as Chief Justice Roger B . Taney stated

Consequently , no State , since the adoption of the Constitution , can by naturalizing an alien invest him with the rights and privileges secured to a citizen of a State under the Federal Government , although , so far as the State alone was concerned , he would undoubtedly be entitled to the rights of a citizen , and clothed with all the rights and immunities which the Constitution and laws of the State to that character . beings of an inferior , and altogether unfit to associate with the white race , either in social or political relations and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect

Taney 's decision disallowed African Americans from being treated as equals . Within the Northern states , there had always...

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