Im british. and i have a question regarding the american civil war...?

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Im british. and i have a question regarding the american civil war...?
ive only ever ventured out stateside once, and that was boston, massachusits. i want to know if people in the deep south actualy give a damn pardon my french about the civil war, and if just getting by in life takes presedence over caring bout your countrys history. Yes this is a question Im hoping americans will answer, if your from Denmark, France, Spain, Italy or England please avoid answering this as it defeats the purpose of the question itself.

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The Civil War was the beginning of the end for local govt and true conservatism in the US.brStates rights were destroyed in favor of an all powerful federal govt. We no longer have as much oversight over our govt because of it.brbrMy state left the US legally according to all precedents set by New England when they threatened to secede many times before. Yet instead of compromising with us as we did with them we were invaded and forced to return to a country under the leadership of a man who didnt get a single electoral vote from half the country. They stole all of our power and even kept our leaders from being able to run for office.brbrSlavery was on the way out anyway, overproduction of cotton was about to catch up with us. The war was about one man wanting to be President even though he knew it would divide the country.brbrHe had to institute a draft, suspend free speech, suspend freedom of the press and restrict other rights to make his war successful, this set precedents that would later come back to hurt us again in WW and today.brbrUnfortunately the Confederacy was wrapped up in racism, but that doesnt mean that the good ideas had to go with the bad ones. You arent supposed to throw the baby out with the bathwater, but the South didnt have enough say in the govt to keep the rights of the people alive.brbrAs a note Natives were treated far better by the CSA than the Union. They were given full rights, the same as white people. There were also some freed black slave ownersbut they were very rare and considered nd class citizens at bestthe same way Natives were treated in the north.