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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Reconstruction was ugly for everyone involved and the post-War treatment of the South is, I believe, a primary cause of the animosity today between Southerners and Yankees.
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You learn something new every day! I thought the animosity was actually (90%) jesting, with some play on current political divergence.
I tend to come closer to your side of the story, as it is more nuanced and fits better with my limited understanding of politics. More as a curious thought: Do you think also the placement of the capital and congress proportions (even term limits?) had any effect on the decision to secede through want of power to influence, rather than a constitutional structure error? I remember reading about the situation during the Lewis and Clark expedition, with Virginian plantations and coming expansion, sort of hints of some interests.
I need to read up more on this... some day.