How the South won the Civil War: oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of America

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"While in the short term--militarily--the North won the Civil War, in the long term--ideologically--victory went to the South. The continual expansion of the Western frontier allowed a Southern oligarchic ideology to find a new home and take root. Even with the abolition of slavery and the equalizing power of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and the ostensible equalizing of economic opportunity afforded by Western expansion, anti-democratic practices were deeply embedded in the country's foundations, in which the rhetoric of equality struggled against the power of money. As the settlers from the East pushed into the West, so too did all of its hierarchies, reinforced by the seizure of Mexican lands at the end of the Mexican-American War and violence toward Native Americans. Both the South and the West depended on extractive industries--cotton in the former and mining and oil in the latter--giving rise to the creation of a white business elite"--
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Conservatism -- United States -- History
Equality -- United States -- History
Oligarchy -- United States -- History
Political culture -- Southern States -- History
Political culture -- West (U.S.) -- History
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence
United States -- Politics and government
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How the South won the Civil War : oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of America
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How the South Won the Civil War Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
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How the South won the Civil War
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oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of America
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Equality
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Oligarchy
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