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

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Author:
Richardson, Heather Cox
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
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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...