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Originally Posted by SuckOnThis
And secession happened because of slavery.
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As I understand it...a lot of the problems were also caused by NEW states coming into the union. Would they be "free" or "slave" states.
That's why the Mason Dixon line was established. Any new state admitted into the United States north of it would be free.
But yeah...the northern states still had slave owners when the war started.
I think the biggest mistake ever was the Civil War. It destroyed the power of the States and made the Federal Govt. very powerful. Which led us to where we are today with the Feds spying and starting wars and ruling our lives in a lot of ways.
On a side note...as I understood the founding of our country and the constitution...the states were supposed to be able to leave the union (it started as a "Union" of states) if they felt oppressed in any way. (just like the founding fathers led a revolution against England)
Only it wasn't supposed to be a "war". It was supposed to be as simple as a State legislature following the will of it's people and voting to secede.
Just thinking about that (without the hot point of slavery to muck it up emotionally)...it's pretty obvious that there will NEVER be any state able to secede from the "union".
This "Union" became a shotgun wedding. lol