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re: Do you think the Civil War was started over slavery?
Posted on 2/14/15 at 12:59 pm to scrooster
Posted on 2/14/15 at 12:59 pm to scrooster
I don't think the fact that the North won the war explains its comparative lack of interest in the war, relative to Southerners. I mean, the Allies won WWII, but there is still a steady stream of books, films and references to it throughout our country. We won it and can't get enough of it.
Northerners I've met generally only have a grade school knowledge of the war. They know they won, Lincoln was president and then assassinated, and resulted in emancipation. That's about it for most. They're not chiming in on this war on Big 10 websites. It's like the War of 1812 to most of them. Remote and just not that interesting.
Northerners I've met generally only have a grade school knowledge of the war. They know they won, Lincoln was president and then assassinated, and resulted in emancipation. That's about it for most. They're not chiming in on this war on Big 10 websites. It's like the War of 1812 to most of them. Remote and just not that interesting.
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Posted on 2/14/15 at 11:53 pm to PikeBishop
Northerners identifty as Americans, Southern folks identify as Southern
The Civil War is much more important to the southern identity than the American one. That's why they have moved on and it still facinates Southern folks. Hell a lot of the battles happened on Southern soil
The Civil War is much more important to the southern identity than the American one. That's why they have moved on and it still facinates Southern folks. Hell a lot of the battles happened on Southern soil
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