The thesis is basically a genuine argument between two parties; each side’s purpose was to win the case. The thesis starts with Scott v. Sandford decision, which was issued on March 6, 1857. This decision declared that the African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and could not sue in federal courts. The paper covers the different factors which eventually led to the civil war. The Author’s thesis question was basically why the civil war happened. I think the author was saying that “Scott V. Sandford was not an easily forgotten case…that only the complete eradication of slavery through war could cure.”
The Northern and Southern sections of the United States developed differently. The south remained agricultural and the North became more and more industrialized. Both had different social cultures and political beliefs. All of this led to disagreements on issues such as taxes, state rights and federal rights. The main issue that led to the separation of the union was slavery. The conflict led to disunion and disunion brought a war in which Northern and Western territories fought to preserve the union. Dred Scott, a slave who needed citizenship through American legal system, and whose case eventually ended up …show more content…
The Missouri Compromise was submitted by Henry Clay, and was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the U.S. Congress. The Missouri Compromise was an effort by congress to defuse the sectional and political encounters triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. The republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1859 presidential election, Southern fears that the Republicans would abolish slavery. Lincoln was an acknowledged opponent of the expansion of slavery but didn’t interfere where it