Why Is The Civil War Necessary

I believe the civil war was necessary. Without it we may have never taken the necessary steps to achieve freedom for the slaves. The southerns would never have given up there ways of life peacefully. There are many events of the time period that support my claim. The first example is the caning of Charles Summner. This is when Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery southern senator, attacked and beat Charles Sumner on the senate floor. This was after Brooks gave an Anti-slavery speech. The speech did attack the family of Brooks, but it nonetheless shows how far even a “civilized” southern may go to defend his family, honor, and traditions. Praises supporting brooks’s actions came pouring in from all over the south. Many even sent him new canes to replace the one that broke during the beating. This proves that many southerners shared brooks’s radical view of slavery, and like brooks would fight to keep it. Another example of why slavery would never have ended without war is the bleeding Kansas event. This was a succession of battles between pro and anti-slavery people. But the events were all
This was when Dred Scott, an African American slave who had been taken by his owners to free states and territories, attempted to sue for his freedom. This was an important decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court said that African Americans could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court, and that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the territories acquired after the creation of the United States. The Supreme Court hoped this would set a precedent and end the slavery debate forever. This is an example of how even if the United States would have tried to just sign a bill to end slavery, the supreme court may have just said it was unconstitutional and vetoed it using the checks and balances