I agree with GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley 's reasons for the Civil War - they involved “the freedoms of what people could and couldn't do," - like own slaves
Southern Unionists: Southern Unionist - Wikipedia
The American Civil War was about slavery. The South lost. There were slave holders down south who were northerners who came back to the north to fight against secession. Did you know that? Nothing is black and white--not even slavery.
State's rights? \south Carolina signed documents stating the cause for secession...and it was slavery. SC initiated the rebellion.
A Thornbird's Lesson on The Federalist and Dude-lite-ism
1) The Federalist was an attempt to convince by reason (is that the peep of nitwitisms-Randian Objectivism I hear in the background?). 2) The Federalist's purpose was an attempt to articulate a national consensus and to express a generalized understanding of the concerns of the populace...
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Asked during a town hall in Berlin, New Hampshire, what she believed had caused the war — the first shots of which were fired in her home state of South Carolina — Haley talked about the role of government, replying that it involved “the freedoms of what people could and couldn't do.”
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn’t mention slavery in her response — leading the voter to say he was “astonished” by her omission.
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Southern Unionists: Southern Unionist - Wikipedia
The American Civil War was about slavery. The South lost. There were slave holders down south who were northerners who came back to the north to fight against secession. Did you know that? Nothing is black and white--not even slavery.
State's rights? \south Carolina signed documents stating the cause for secession...and it was slavery. SC initiated the rebellion.
Main article: Secession in the United States
Discussions and threats of secession have often surfaced in American politics, but only in the case of the Confederate States of America was secession actually declared. A 2008 Zogby International poll revealed that 22% of Americans believe that "any state or region has the right to peaceably secede and become an independent republic." The United States Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that while the union...
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