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American History

agingdem

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1. I suspect California had not really gotten over

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:57 PM

Jun 2020

the whole Manifest Destiny thing...you know when groups of white guys convinced they were god's messengers did a massive land grab from sea to sea, killing, burning, waging war on Native Americans, Blacks, and Mexicans... taking what wasn't theirs because they could...

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Before the Civil War, why did wealthy powerful Northerners [View all] raccoon Jun 2020 OP

I suspect California had not really gotten over agingdem Jun 2020 #1

Economics zipplewrath Jun 2020 #2

Cotton was the basis for almost all the US economy cyclonefence Jun 2020 #3

Excellent thank you for summary MaryMagdaline Jun 2020 #6

Some Points, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #4

Because many of them owned plantations, farms, timber etc in the South dixiegrrrrl Jun 2020 #5

I remember the Ken Burns documentary BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #7