Blog #9

At the begging, it explains how people today are still arguing about what really caused the Civil war. "What caused the American Civil War? It is amazing that even today, nearly 150 years after the Civil War started, there is passionate debate regarding the "cause" of the Civil War." It's obvious that our thoughts about the war and slavery has changed since early nineteenth century because in the article, it said: "Today we recognize slavery as a moral issue. But in the early nineteenth century, it was seen as an economic issue first, moral issue second." Today, there are a lot of arguments between two sides who have opposite believes. Just like in the Civil war, by the 2 side argument about slavery, the Civil war started. Because there were people who either was fighting for slavery or against it. "It is a fact that when the armies for the North and South were first formed, only a small minority of the soldiers on either side would have declared that the reason they joined the army was to fight either "for" or "against" slavery." I believe I remember seeing majority of African Americans in Georgia, at least in the area I was at. I can't remember a lot since the last time I went was when I was 8 years old. Could that possibly be the effect from a war that happened 149 years ago?