Can we get some civil war talk going? What was the real reason for the Civil war? Lets discuss the cause and effect!
Illini, this is good stuff. I really think these threads need to be separated into categories.
The Civil War is an animal onto itself. If I could give a textbook answer, it might be:
*Causes of the Civil War:
1) North/south dispute over slavery
2) Disagreement over States' Rights
*Outcome:
...A hell of a lot of (un-necessary) bloodshed
...Treaty signed at the courthouse in Appomattox
*Aftermath:
...Lincoln shot not long after that.
...Andrew Johnson mangled the Re-construction of the South.
Southern rock band REM may have summarized it best when they released their album "Fables of the Reconstruction".
