Myths about the American Civil War

[SpencerH]

Simplistic pap.

[Ming]

Awesome CUT AND PASTE Lonestar - One person's view of some factual information based on some historical evidence.

FIXED

[loinburger]

So far we have three votes in favor of the article being true and three votes opposed to the article being true. Somebody needs to cast the deciding vote.

[The Mad Monk]

I think we need Angry Lincoln.

[Tuberski]

Who gives a **** why the war was fought? It helped free slaves and that's the only good think that came of it.

ACK!

[MrFun]

Who gives a **** why the war was fought? It helped free slaves and that's the only good think that came of it.

ACK!

It's important to know the reasons why the American Civil War was fought. Otherwise, we let distortionists have free reign.

So I thing you're wrong.

[Al B. Sure!]

All my life i have been told the south seceded over states' rights. Now, it is wrong? I don't believe the slavery was the issue because only the wealthy could afford slaves.

The South


Seriously, though, this is a point towards having a national education curriculum. People down South get taught wrong **** like the Confederacy was right and creationism.

[Kitschum]

Plantation slavery, wage slavery... it's all slavery in the end. For most people the world didn't get half-decent until after the second world war.

[loinburger]

Seriously, though, this is a point towards having a national education curriculum. People down South get taught wrong **** like the Confederacy was right and creationism.

Be careful what you wish for - if we have a national curriculum then Texas may determine it

[Hauldren Collider]

The South


Seriously, though, this is a point towards having a national education curriculum. People down South get taught wrong **** like the Confederacy was right and creationism.

That's interesting, because I've only ever been to school in the south and this has never ever been even a little bit true for me, not even when I was in Tennessee.

[Whoha]

4. Abraham Lincoln went to war to end slavery.

The South shot first.

That year, the South produced almost 75 percent of all U.S. exports.

Just goes to show how worthless exporting is as far as producing real wealth.

Slaves were worth more than all the manufacturing companies and railroads in the nation.

Good thing the civil war wasn't fought using accounting.

[Al B. Sure!]

In Docfeelgood's elementary school, on the poster of American presidents, they had Jefferson Davis instead of Lincoln.

[Docfeelgood]

In Docfeelgood's elementary school, on the poster of American presidents, they had Jefferson Davis instead of Lincoln.

[Lonestar]

The South shot first.

Yeah, that's why it's a MYTH Dingus.

That's interesting, because I've only ever been to school in the south and this has never ever been even a little bit true for me, not even when I was in Tennessee.

Northern Virginia is not "The South", at least not culturally. The Mason-Dixon line is a poor demarcation point for the cultural South. The Sweet Tea line is a better boundry.

Blah Blah lol copy and paste

You mean like 90% of the thread starters in OT?

[Whoha]

Yeah, that's why it's a MYTH Dingus.

The article does a poor job of presenting that fact. Of course it runs counter to the position taken that the south was in any way vibrant and gaining momentum.