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Nearly half of Americans identify states’ rights as the primary cause of the Civil War
By EDWARD L. AYERS New York Times Opinion Pages A new poll from the Pew Research Center reports that nearly half of Americans identify states’ rights as the primary cause of the Civil War. This is a remarkable finding, because virtually all American … Continue reading
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Civil War Lives on in Our Politics
by John Zogby This article appeared at www.forbes.com The U.S. Civil War still divides us, but not by north and south. Instead, the war fought 150 years lives on across the nation among today’s conservatives, liberals and moderates. Just as … Continue reading