Lay the blame for them at the feet of Jefferson Davis and the Confederate leadership.
And it lost the original constitution bequeathed by the founding fathers.
A matter of opinion.
Arguably, it was a small price to pay to be happily ruled by Washington D.C.
Again, opinion.
My good friends across the Mason-Dixon aisle usually do.
Your post reminds me of post 120 on this thread:
“But South Carolina made it clear that unless slavery was protected, they would not approve the Constitution. It was only the first example of northern states being forced to go along with something they found abhorrent in order to preserve the union.”
In other words, South Carolina forced New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Maryland - all states that fought for Lincoln - to vote slavery into the constitution and were FORCED to take slavery dividends and grow wealthy.
Later, those same states were forced to fight a war they did not want to destroy the slavery that they voted to enshrine in the constitution. That's what they teach in public schools today and on the Internet.