Andrei Kirilenko is now a US citizen

[sirkickyass]

Agreed. Slavery, tariffs, and other reasons all fall under the same economic umbrella. There wasn't a slavery answer option. While slavery is a human rights issue, it was more of an economic issue to the southerners.

But that requires you to adopt the the perspective of the southerners to answer the question "correctly" under the test. Just because they defined slavery as an "economic issue" rather than a "human rights" issue doesn't mean that a) the war was not fought over slavery and b) that slavery is not a human rights issue.

 

[Get Down]

lol are people seriously whitewashing slavery in here

 

[Mr. McGibblets]

But that requires you to adopt the the perspective of the southerners to answer the question "correctly" under the test. Just because they defined slavery as an "economic issue" rather than a "human rights" issue doesn't mean that a) the war was not fought over slavery and b) that slavery is not a human rights issue.

"When the war began, only a minority of Northerners linked the preservation of the Union with the abolition of slavery. By 1863, Union and freedom had become inseparable Federal objectives. The Confederacy fought for independence and the preservation of slavery. But their own ambivalence about slavery and the contempt of outside public opinion eventually led Southerners to emphasize independence." The American Journey: A History of the U.S. vol. 1

I agree with what you are saying and think you are right. I didn't mean to imply that slavery was not a reason for the war, nor a major reason. I think the South viewed it as more of an economic issue compared to the Northerners who saw it as a human rights issue. I also think the slavery issue increased in importance for the North as the war went on. However, the South initially seceded due to economic issues (which included slavery), not slavery itself. Slavery was still legal at the time the south started the war (but it was facing heavy scrutiny). It was not until midway through the war that Lincoln emancipated the slaves and banned slavery.

While I agree that preserving slavery played a part in the South's secession, I think it was more of an economic issue rather than a human rights issue. I think the question is poorly worded, but the most correct answer is economics not human rights.

 

[Deleted member 365]

good, maybe he'll stop sucking then.

 

[YB85]

good, maybe he'll stop sucking then.

Why? Being a citizen hasn't stopped you from sucking.

 

[franklin]

You're all wrong. It was all a conspiracy by the London financiers to tear apart the union. Lincoln sniffed it out and had to fight to keep the Brittish out. Duh. Everybody who hasn't been mind controlled by the illiterate government knows this.

If I define revisionism then a revisionist is someone who revises history.

I define revisionism.

Thus, you're all revisionists.



Read this book you illiterate revisionist historistas, you:

Stidger - Knights of the Golden Circle - Treason History of American Civil War (1903)

 

[NAOS]

Why? Being a citizen hasn't stopped you from sucking.

This is why YB has rep. More given.

 

[tatermoog]

I love AK.

 

[The Pearl]

I love AK.

I am still trying to resolve the fact that you don't work at Toys R Us anymore.

 

[PearlWatson]

But that requires you to adopt the the perspective of the southerners to answer the question "correctly" under the test. Just because they defined slavery as an "economic issue" rather than a "human rights" issue doesn't mean that a) the war was not fought over slavery and b) that slavery is not a human rights issue.

There were certainly abolitionists in the North concerned about the human rights issues, but there were also men in the North who didn't want slavery to end because then they would have to fight with the freed slaves for jobs...same concerns are happening with the illegal alien issue.

 

[northeast]

To franklin, lance, and bordelias.
The correct answer to the rights question is still C, as i told you all about 40 posts ago.
Freedom of Expression and Bearing Arms are Rights numbers 1 and 2 in the Bill of Rights.

 

[franklin]

To franklin, lance, and bordelias.
The correct answer to the rights question is still C, as i told you all about 40 posts ago.
Freedom of Expression and Bearing Arms are Rights numbers 1 and 2 in the Bill of Rights.

To Northeast: I chose to ignore your post because you missed the point and weren't worth responding to. But congratulations, you have my attention this time. If it'll make you feel better and shut up about it then CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT ME YOU SMARTY MCSMART PANTS YOU! YOU WERE MORE THAN RIGHT AND DESERVE A GOLD STAR ON YOUR TEST Please mark this post and read it next time you're feeling blue.