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2008-06-01 Justification of the Civil War: Michael, I don't think I would agree with either part of your question. The Civil War was not simply a "war of northern aggression"; while there was perhaps some aggression on the part of the north...
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2008-05-09 US history: Crystal, You are attempting to comparing facts to suppositions. President Jackson's message incorporated the long-time myth that the Native Americans were savages who merely wandered around, subsisting...
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2008-04-22 American Civil War and the Louisianna Purchase: Jennifer, The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 only lead to the Civil War in hindsight -- it would be incorrect to think that it directly led to a war that began almost 60 years later. However, the Louisiana...
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2008-04-19 Secret Service: William, That is not true. The Secret Service was founded after Lincoln's assassination as a section of the Treasury Department which focused on investigating and stopping the flow of counterfeit money...
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2008-03-28 Was there any free black who was eligible to vote?: Yone, It is my understanding that there were circumstances in which free blacks were able to vote before the Civil War. I think that this was most common (relatively speaking) in Louisiana given the...
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