Issue: Civil War
We discussed about the Civil War and the Federalist VS. Anyti-Federalist issues. The prime reason why the civil war was fought was because of slavery, whether the government (Federalist) should abolish slavery or whether the South (Anti-Federalist) should keep it. After the war, the south still stayed Anti-Federalist, arguing that the government took away the southern state's rights. Since Anti-Federalism was a large undertaking in the South, the federal government had a difficult time taking away segregation and instituting Civil Rights acts. The mood of the South in "Confederates in the Attic" by Tony Horwitz, and it reflects how some southerners react to the government regulation; the Anti-Federalist way.
I interviewed my father for this blog:
Q- "What is your opinion on the Civil War, mainly on how it has effected the South?"
A- "The Civil War had many effects on the South. It was a war to end slavery, contrary to what many southerners would say. Also it was also an economic war because the South depended on slaves to run their industry, which was plantations. As for how it affected us in the future? The South was devastate, lot of poverty, loss of infrastructure, it did so many things I don't know where to start... It left a lot of southerners resentful towards blacks.
Q- "What is your opinion on the anti-federal movements in the south?"
A- "A lot of the southern states don't like federal government, so a lot of southern states want to run things their own way. That can be very dangerous, because we have a constitution, a law for every person in this land. Some of these states in the South, they want to segregate and do other things that are unconstitutional, and that is why they don't like The federal government... because the federal government sets them straight."
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