The World Conscience
Most countries in Western Europe had abolished slavery. The abolishment of slavery would eventually happen and with the abolishment of slavery would come the civil war. States rights, slavery all played important part in the cause of the Civil War.
I believe that strong central government which came out of the Civil War enabled the U.S. to be the strong nation which enabled us to expand and eventually become the greatest nation in the World. Its sad that we couldn't have developed the strong central government without a war.
Keith
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