To: RexBeach
what ,then, forced the country to enter into its bloodiest conflict?
Tax and tariff policies. Read some of the newspapers from the years leading up to the decision to secede and you'll get an eyeful.
56 posted on
02/21/2006 8:28:19 AM PST by
P-40
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To: P-40
Tax and tariff policies. So the book which inflamed opinions on both sides before the war was "Uncle Tom's Customs House"? Slavery wasn't the sole reason, but it was the primary reason.
73 posted on
02/21/2006 8:34:35 AM PST by
KarlInOhio
(Next Olympics I want wide track bobsledding. Four sleds on the track at once - like Ben Hur on ice.)
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