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THE KEY EVENT THAT LED TO UNCONTROLLED FEDERAL GROWTH

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CONCLUSION

 

HISTORICAL MYTHS ABOUT AMERICA'S MOST DEVASTATING WAR

 

I.                     THE MYTH OF AN AMERICAN "CIVIL" WAR

Nearly all Americans have been led to believe that the American states fought a "civil war" over control of the American government although the southern states had succeeded and wanted to separate from the federal government.

 

The War Between the States that occurred between 1861 and 1865 was not a civil war because prior to the actual start of the war, southern states had already peacefully succeeded. They established the Confederacy and its Constitution on March 11, 1861, in Montgomery Alabama. After Virginia succeeded, the capitol was chosen to be moved to Richmond on May 21, 1861.

The War Between the States was also not a civil war because southern states were not fighting to gain control of the federal government. They fought to continue their peaceful succession from the federal government after being invaded by it.

If the War Between the States was a civil war, Confederates would have likely invaded Washington D.C. immediately after they won the first battle of the war at Bull Run on July 18, 1861 at Manassas, Virginia. Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, refused to do this, initially choosing only to defend Southern territory.

 

II.                   THE MYTH OF SLAVERY AS THE CAUSE OF WAR

Most Americans have been falsely led to believe that the war was fought over slavery in spite of facts that clearly indicate it was fought over principles upon which the American government was founded.

 

Historians generally agree that only about 15-20% of the southern population had slaves and common sense should tell anyone today that the other 80% of the population was not fighting and dying for the right of the minority to own slaves.

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