HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: American Civil War, Total War, Avail
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Keep in mind the wars that are not fought- anglo civil war and the wars not won. When one side wins a war another side loses. (cid:862)(cid:272)i(cid:448)il (cid:449)ar(cid:863)- one argument today is that the usa civil war was not a civil war but was actually between two nations. 3- the broader political ideas of the time. The story begins outside the usa, with cuba. Mexican-american war ends and at the same time revolutions i(cid:374) europe (cid:271)reak out. What"s fascinating of how america viewed these events- they believed that they were on the cutting edge of constitutionalism. In europe, they saw the vindication of american ideas in revolutions; ignoring that the revs were crushed after this. In 1848, america has made claims in mexico. But this did not quench the thirst for expansion. Spanish possession and more imp it was a slave holding island.
