all the north had to do was get sick of fighting
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
that's I think what makes Lincoln important, he got people invested in winning that war
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
the Gettysburg Address makes it sound like the South leaving would be the end of America and the end of democracy
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Replying to @arthur_affect
the historical trajectory of the us would be wildly different. i dont know how the world wars play out after a csa win
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Replying to @marcushjohnson @smoothkobra
oh yeah no united America means no 20th century
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Replying to @arthur_affect
yeah no united us means stronger latin american countries, us less able to affect world affairs
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Replying to @marcushjohnson @smoothkobra
there were lots of foreigners pulling for the South for that very selfish reason
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Replying to @arthur_affect
i gotta read up on why there wasnt more open interference by foreign powers
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Replying to @marcushjohnson @smoothkobra
the Confederates were counting on it and kept asking for it, it was their only route to a quick victory
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
but there wasn't enough benefit for France or the UK to justify getting caught in an overseas war
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most likely point of divergence would be France helping the CSA in exchange for support of their puppet emperor in Mexico
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
could've happened if the Union had struggled more in the early years
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
or the Trent affair, when the USA seized CSA ambassadors from a UK ship
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