The Difference Between The Civil War and WWII

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The main issue was the fact that various Southern states seceded from the United States.

The event that stated the war was the Confederate attack on the Union Fort Sumter, off the coast of Confederate South Carolina.

I do believe the Civil War was to free the Blacks from Slavery. The main right The South fought for, was the right for Whites to own Blacks, as slaves. That, of course, was the main State Right!

Four great myths of the American Civil War:

1. It wasnt about slavery. It is true that Lincoln did say that he had no intention of ending slavery, and indeed he did not. But the South didnt believe him, and saw him as aligned with the abolitionists. The slaves were second only to the land itself as the most valuable property in the South of that time. Of course they would fight to defend it. It is true that most Southerners did not own slaves, but many of them did fight because they didnt want to end up as "no better than blacks."

2. The South had the legal right to do what they did. The Constitution contains no provision for any state to leave the Union, and states furthermore that no two states shall make a collusion or confederacy.

3. Half the country favored the South. The population of the US at the time of the war was around 30 million, of which around 5 million were whites who lived in the states of the rebellion. Five out of thirty is nowhere close to half. In addition, every southern state except SC comitted men and resources to the Union cause.

4. The South was a nation. To qualify for this, you generally need three things, all of which the South lacked. A workable government, the ability to defend your borders, and most important the recognition of other world nation states. They were a large and well armed sepratist movement, but not a nation.

Twin, I've read one historian who described the Confederacy as "the nation with nothing". Nothing but land and men and slaves. Their lack of group cohesion and concern for the common good would very likely have doomed them in the long run had they won. My prediction: within 20 years of Southern independence, those states boardering the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, etc) would have rejoined the USA, Texas would have broken off and become a nation of their own, and what was left of the CSA would then evolve over the next century into a third world country essentially.

Fun Fact: The confederate battle flag looked like this for a while.

The whiteness on the flag represents the purity of the white, Aryan race.

They stopped using that flag because it was mistaken for a surrender flag.

Also, Confederate money had slaves on it.