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((I think this would be the third war between Britain and America but I'm not sure))

In the Aftermath of the American Civil War the victors of the struggle, the Union, turned their attention to Britain. They wanted some kind of reparations from the British government for the damages sustained by Union businesses and comerce from the raids of the British built CSS Alabama. They claimed that Britain and violated neutrality by building the ship for the Confederates.

The Union governments idea of suitabe reparations was either to be paid 2 billions dollars or to be given Canada. Naturally they didn't get either.

After a tribunal which involved representatives from Britain, USA, Italy, Switzerland and Brazil the USA were awarded 15,500,000 dollars. This incident is refered to as the "Alabama Claims".

So then my question is what if the US and Britain couldn't reach an agreeable compromise? What if the relationship between the countries soured and tentions were raised to such a height that war followed? Would the post-ACW Union be strong enough to fight the premier industrial power of the day?
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