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Civil War History - Secession and Politics

Was it Slavery, or was it States Rights? Perhaps it was the election of Lincoln? What were the real reasons for Southern Secession and what were the political issues in this time of war? Find your answers here in the Secession and Politics Disussion.

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  1. wilber6150

    Related links to Secession and Politics

    Sticky
    wilber6150, Dec 29, 2010 ... 7 8 9
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    wilber6150
    May 15, 2012 at 4:48 PM
  2. redfish

    Tariffs

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    redfish, Aug 13, 2002 ... 39 40 41
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    ole
    Apr 22, 2012
  3. Zeeboe

    What the Confederate States Constitution says about slavery

    Zeeboe, May 14, 2012 at 2:19 PM ... 3 4 5
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    wilber6150
    May 17, 2012 at 12:07 AM
  4. Zeeboe

    President Lincoln was *not* a racist!

    Zeeboe, May 14, 2012 at 2:03 PM ... 4 5 6
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    bama46
    May 16, 2012 at 10:40 PM
  5. JoeHenry

    Seeing as how the CSA was invaded by the USA was it really a "civil war"?

    JoeHenry, May 14, 2012 at 7:30 AM ... 5 6 7
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    unionblue
    May 16, 2012 at 5:57 PM
  6. Zeeboe

    President Lincoln and the decision for the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.

    Zeeboe, May 15, 2012 at 10:18 AM
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    ole
    May 15, 2012 at 8:03 PM
  7. Zeeboe

    The North Was Right!

    Zeeboe, May 14, 2012 at 10:34 AM ... 4 5 6
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    1SGDan
    May 15, 2012 at 6:37 PM
  8. civilwartalk

    Ed Ayers - The Logic of Secession (Video)

    civilwartalk, May 9, 2012 ... 2
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    rpkennedy
    May 15, 2012 at 3:54 PM
  9. Glorybound

    Op-ed: Who won the political war?

    Glorybound, May 15, 2012 at 5:04 AM
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    OpnCoronet
    May 15, 2012 at 11:06 AM
  10. dvrmte

    Everything John C. Calhoun

    dvrmte, Apr 8, 2012 ... 42 43 44
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    OpnCoronet
    May 14, 2012 at 9:59 AM
  11. damYankee

    Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery

    damYankee, May 14, 2012 at 12:04 AM
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    damYankee
    May 14, 2012 at 12:04 AM
  12. Glorybound

    Op-ed: Boston and abolitionism

    Glorybound, May 4, 2012
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    damYankee
    May 13, 2012 at 11:51 PM
  13. Glorybound

    Opinion - opposition to the war

    Glorybound, May 11, 2012 at 5:37 PM
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    mobile_96
    May 13, 2012 at 8:46 PM
  14. 20thncarolina

    What if the southern states had not seceded ?

    20thncarolina, Apr 11, 2012 ... 3 4 5
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    ole
    May 11, 2012 at 6:34 PM
  15. redfish

    Jefferson Davis and the burning of southern cotton

    redfish, Jul 9, 2002 ... 2
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    OpnCoronet
    May 9, 2012
  16. Glorybound

    Op-ed: Modern leadership theory - Lincoln and Davis, a comparison

    Glorybound, May 6, 2012
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    OpnCoronet
    May 9, 2012
  17. Glorybound

    Mary Meachum's crossing

    Glorybound, May 7, 2012
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    Bonny Blue Flag
    May 8, 2012
  18. Doug McKay

    Pls, help.

    Doug McKay, May 1, 2012 ... 2
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    Doug McKay
    May 3, 2012
  19. hawglips

    Manifest Destiny, Glory Hallelujah, and the trampling of grapes

    hawglips, Jan 14, 2005 ... 2 3 4
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    OpnCoronet
    May 3, 2012
  20. Unregistered

    State soverignty

    Unregistered, Oct 24, 2011 ... 6 7 8
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    OpnCoronet
    May 1, 2012
  21. scone

    Letters From Home

    scone, Jul 2, 2005
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    Glorybound
    Apr 27, 2012
  22. Battalion

    Northern Use Of Slave Labor During The War

    Battalion, Nov 27, 2007 ... 9 10 11
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    jgoodguy
    Apr 27, 2012
  23. IronBrigadeMick

    CSA Enlistment vs. Vote for secession?

    IronBrigadeMick, Apr 26, 2012
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    Robtweb1
    Apr 26, 2012
  24. Battalion

    The North Votes For Slavery (March 1861)

    Battalion, May 4, 2007 ... 2 3 4
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    OpnCoronet
    Apr 26, 2012
  25. Dan O'Connor

    Is Civil War Political History repeating Inself ?

    Dan O'Connor, Feb 4, 2012 ... 6 7 8
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    IronBrigadeMick
    Apr 26, 2012
  26. Glorybound

    Op-ed: "Why doesn't the Civil War...just go away?"

    Glorybound, Apr 8, 2012 ... 2 3
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    CSA Today
    Apr 25, 2012
  27. FourLeafClover

    A Southern point of view

    FourLeafClover, Feb 3, 2012 ... 4 5 6
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    shanniereb
    Apr 24, 2012
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