Posted on 05/01/2017 3:39:29 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
US President Donald Trump has stirred debate by asking why the American Civil War happened, and pondering whether it could have been "worked out".
In a radio interview, he suggested the conflict might have been avoided if President Andrew Jackson had still been in office.
The 1861-65 Civil War between the northern and southern states was principally caused by slavery.
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The 1861-65 Civil War between the northern and southern states was principally caused by slavery.
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The war was caused by secession. The big issue was slavery.
“The 1861-65 Civil War between the northern and southern states was principally caused by slavery.”
Really? That’s why the Union invaded Kentucky, right?
(/duh)
The seceding States cited slavery as the principle reason for wanting to leave the Union.
cue stupid and historically inaccurate discussions everywhere.
I guess people now think the Civil War was a good thing.
The 1861-65 Civil War between the northern and southern states was principally caused by slavery.
I will respectfully disagree with the author’s statement. Slavery was already dying and on its way out. The war was about States Rights...and had nothing to do with slavery until Lincoln threw that in. It is called the “War of Northern Aggression” for a reason in the South.....red
if Obama can pander to Islamic terrorists, Trump can pander to Civil War re-enacters.
The South Carolina Declaration of Secession indicated that slavery was the reason.
The southern states seceded, organized their own government, and forced the surrender of Fort Sumter. That’s what precipitated the war. The war was fought first to preserve the Union. But the war did settle the issue of slavery within the Union.
The President was referring to President Andrew Jackson's handling of the Nullification Crisis.
ML/NJ
The Civil War ended slavery, killed states rights and created a nations of tax serfs ruled by DC.
We out West are a lot more tolerant than they were in the old South. The way the Feds treat us as THEIR source for food, minerals, and energy, we should have rebelled against against the East coast establishment years ago.
The war was about States Rights...and had nothing to do with slavery until Lincoln threw that in.
I’m guessing that you’ve never read the Articles of Secession from the various Confederate states...
The older I get, the more I realize that any result of the Civil War was not worth the loss of 600,000 men killed and millions maimed and wounded.
But by the time the first shots are fired, all rational thought has flown out the window.
It seems every generation has to relearn the lessons of war.
The public schools pushed the slavery issue very hard, but the fight was over states rights. Some states wanted to secede from the Union. Lincoln fought them over this right.
The Confederate flag has nothing to do with racism. Dixie is a revered song of the South.
I am tired of those trying to revise history.
There is a lot of information on the whole subject to be found at
www.institute.org
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