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To: tejek who wrote (283395)4/7/2006 7:29:20 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574059
 
"What changes were more prominent in the 1970s and how have we/the black people regressed?"

Many black communities have fallen apart.

"I really think the Civil War was more over economics than slavery, and the South would not have ignored an opportunity to control the North."

Sure. Slavery was just a hot button issue. And, you have a point, the South would have loved controlling the North. But no one who knew the situation believed that it could have happened. There wasn't enough industrial output or people to pull it off. The South had most of the best generals in the US. They had a motivated population who was familiar with handling guns. But they were vastly outnumbered and had a small industrial base.



To: tejek who wrote (283395)4/7/2006 11:28:41 PM
From: TigerPaw  Respond to of 1574059
 
I really think the Civil War was more over economics than slavery,

That's what Lincoln thought too, but by his second term he admitted that slavery was the one binary issue -- it either had to stay or go, and it is binary issues that lead to war.

TP


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