10 myths about US history

[eagle7-31]

MSN

goes against what some have been trying to peddle here. Not vouching for every point made but they are mostly on target.

 

[rightwinger]

Very true for the most part

The Wild West was not so wild
Mostly just farmers and ranchers trying to survive

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

MSN

goes against what some have been trying to peddle here. Not vouching for every point made but they are mostly on target.

No surprises there for me. Big deal!

 

[LA RAM FAN]

The biggest myth of history would be a tie between Americans elect their presidents or there is a differerence in the party’s of the Demopublicans the demonrats,and republicrats,the old guard republicans I am talking about before trump.

 

[Ringo]

 

[Litwin]

Very true for the most part

The Wild West was not so wild
Mostly just farmers and ranchers trying to survive

yes and no, MANY People do not understand the bitter savagery that was the US frontier. Getting revolvers were a big game changer for the Rangers.

 

[mikegriffith1]

MSN

goes against what some have been trying to peddle here. Not vouching for every point made but they are mostly on target.

No. 2 is poorly worded and problematic. It seems to confuse the war with secession. It is describing the issues that led to secession while pretending to be talking about the war. Slavery was not "a" key issue in the secession crisis, it was "the" key issue. The issues of "states’ rights, economic systems, and political power" as causes of secession mostly revolved around disputes related to slavery. The tariff was a major issue and the second-biggest issue in the North-vs.-South strife that led to the first wave of secession, but slavery was the main cause.

The cause of the war was the Confederacy's mind-bogglingly dumb decision to bombard Fort Sumter and Lincoln's understandable reaction of sending a Union army into Virginia.

 

[Dekster]

The first thanksgiving thing is accurate. In Virginia they started sharing meals with the natives who used the custom to butcher people one day so it ended until the Pilgrams.