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TlalocW

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10. The professor in a history class I took as an elective in college said this

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Dec 28, 2023, 04:42 PM

Dec 2023

What caused the Civil War? Depends on the grade.
Grade School: Slavery
High School: States' Rights
College: Slavery

Then he went into the particularities of it being states wanting the rights to own slaves.

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What was the Civil War fought over? [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 OP

The clean, generic answer is states rights. Omnipresent Dec 2023 #1

specifically the states rights to grant their citizens the right to own slaves. lapfog_1 Dec 2023 #2

Ding, ding, ding! Omnipresent Dec 2023 #3

When they mentioned property rights, the property issue of the day was owning slaves. They aren't talking brewens Dec 2023 #4

As was clear in almost every document created by the Confederacy lapfog_1 Dec 2023 #6

She wasn't that far off the mark Rocknation Dec 2023 #5

I guess it WAS drapery lapfog_1 Dec 2023 #7

The black heart of the Confederacy was committed to the ideology of slavery Shermann Dec 2023 #8

The black hearts were those of the leaders of the rebelliion. Chainfire Dec 2023 #11

The passing of the 'Twenty Negro' law exarcerbated the resentment.... 70sEraVet Dec 2023 #12

The professor in a history class I took as an elective in college said this TlalocW Dec 2023 #9

The professor in a history class I took as an elective in college said this TlalocW Dec 2023 #10

Wow! K&R! Spot on! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2023 #13