re: Could you imagine this board during the Civil War?

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the Civil War?
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"That's War Between the States."

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I heard that expression one time before I was in my 30s. I was a freshman or sophomore in high school and I heard one of our teachers say that to someone who mentioned the civil war.

It made no impression on me at the time except for the novelty of the expression.

The 'civil war' was not a 'thing' that drew any discussion one way or another back in the late 50s. Even after the desegregation efforts, I do not recall any discussion about the war itself - it was all about the evils/necessity of segregation at the time.

talk of 'reparations' was totally absent. Never heard that word until well after the Great Society began to have its deleterious effects.