re: History Debate: Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee

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I do think slavery was the cause; I don't think it was the cause in the way most people do. The north wasn't invading to free the slaves. That's ridiculous. At best, they were trying to keep slavery from spreading.

Slave vs non-slave states were the red and blue states of their time.

#simpleexplanation

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Hypothetically, the same could be said if, say, the states went to war again. A historian could look back and equate the war to ObamaCare because there would be several declarations against it, several writings, several quotes, the states would split red/blue on that issue, etc.

But people aren't fighting about that TODAY. So the issue would have to be deeper: an anti-government overreach stance encapsulating several issues.

/end hypothetical

In the same way, the country didn't magically go to war as soon as slavery was introduced. It went to war because of several factors all tied to the same issue: there were severe disagreements on how the country should be governed.