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re: Do you think the Civil War was started over slavery?
Posted on 2/13/15 at 7:48 am to scrooster
Posted on 2/13/15 at 7:48 am to scrooster
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Southern states did not have all of our states' rights restored until WW I ... and even them only out of necessity for another war.
Reconstruction had ended by 1877 and Democrats had regained their political control in the south by that time.
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 8:20 am
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Posted on 2/13/15 at 7:56 am to Person of interest
Just as a followup on East Tennessee and political leanings
2008 / 2012 % for Republican
Johnson County - 70.1%, 74.4%
Sullivan County - 70.0%, 72.8%
Hawkins County - 70.0%, 72.8%
Carter County - 72.8%, 75.2%
Unicoi County - 69.4%, 71.0%
Washington County - 66.0%, 68.3% (most diverse county in Northeast TN)
Greene County - 69.5%, 72.0%
Cocke County - 71.7%, 73.9%
A republican has won election in the 1st District of Tennessee to the House (since redistricting in 2000)
2000 - 100.0% (no democratic challenge)
2002 - 98.8%
2004 - 73.9%
2006 - 61.1%
2008 - 71.8%
2010 - 80.8%
2012 - 76.0%
2014 - 82.8%
2008 / 2012 % for Republican
Johnson County - 70.1%, 74.4%
Sullivan County - 70.0%, 72.8%
Hawkins County - 70.0%, 72.8%
Carter County - 72.8%, 75.2%
Unicoi County - 69.4%, 71.0%
Washington County - 66.0%, 68.3% (most diverse county in Northeast TN)
Greene County - 69.5%, 72.0%
Cocke County - 71.7%, 73.9%
A republican has won election in the 1st District of Tennessee to the House (since redistricting in 2000)
2000 - 100.0% (no democratic challenge)
2002 - 98.8%
2004 - 73.9%
2006 - 61.1%
2008 - 71.8%
2010 - 80.8%
2012 - 76.0%
2014 - 82.8%
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 8:01 am
Posted on 2/13/15 at 9:10 am to Person of interest
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Reconstruction had ended by 1877 and Democrats had regained their political control in the south by that time.
Oh Good Lord.
lulz
The old disenfranchisement argument ... and next will come the klan bullshite.
I'm done.
Go do some homework ... double-check what you just posted and don't go into with the express intent of proving what you just posted - approach it like a scientist, as if your not sure, look for other information ... then come back here and try to sell what you just posted again.
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