The other issue was pure cultural, where we still find the war raging, the socialist anti god elitists of the New England States could not tolerate the God fearing South.
Oh, brother, does that one hit home. Precisely why my wife and I are bailing out of Massachusetts...Heading for Nort Carolina, probably! I look around here and see elitists, and just plain mean, miserable people. Time for this guy to load the wagon and roll, instead of just griping about it. I'm headin' into the old Confederacy!