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In my opinion the civil war was a great success for our country. Without the civil war our country would not be as united as it is today, we might still have the union and the confederacy instead of being one country. Sure a lot of people died but I still think it was a good thing for our country in general. Also I think that without the civil war slavery might still be around, it is wrong to enslave a human being. I could not immagine what it would be like if the civil war didn't happen, our world would be so different. I think that there would be a lot more racism in the world now then there is in our world where the civil war did happen.Thats why I think the civil war was a good thing in our country. 1205282599

I agree with dte that the civil war really changed our country. Without it the country might have still been split in two and slavery might still have existed in the confederacy which is completely wrong. A lot of people did die in the civil war but everything in America would have been completely different and death is just a price of war. I couldn't think of what the world would be like if the civil war didn't happen, it's is very important to this country's history and for the people who were enslaved back in the south. 1205356494

I also agree with what is being said. Of course the civil war was something terrible that happened in our country but as usual something good came out of something terrible. The war was fought to end slavery and because the north won, it helped our country as a whole. When looking back on the war the atomatic reaticion is to say that it was one of the worst things that could have happened to our country because we were fighting ourselves and a crazy amount of people died. But when you really take a long pause and look back on the effects of this war it is a good thing that it did happen. I say that because if it didn't happen then, then maybe our country would have gone to war later for the same reason and maybe there would have been a different result. The war also brought our country together as a whole because we ended the seperation between the north and the south. Even though it did take almost 100 years to repair the relationship between the north and south it was worth it in the end.

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WHAT KIND OF QUESTION OF THAT OF COURSE THE CIVIL WAR WAS BAD! Are you really being serous. I cant believe anyone would think that the civil war was a good thing. It had one good thing. That one good thing is that our country came together again and reunited under a tough time. That was the only good thing. I mean true it showed our charecter but the worst thing of all is that we killed so many Americans. A million people have said this is the worse war of them all how would this lead you to belive that this war was anything good? This war killed the whole southern ecomonmy. The civil war blew the south's ecomomy to peices. Its still trying to recover from that war. The south's economy drove the US and it doesnt do much now as it use to do. Another thing did you ever forget that the whole country split into two? Well to refresh everyones memory exited the union and they formed two seperate countries. This drove the north mad, they couldnt rely on the souths good. Another reason for you all and this is the most important the blood shed was Americans there was no other enemy it was just Americans being slottered everyday. This war had no good cause. 1205363860Ale2

I really dont think the question is whether the civil war was good or bad, because all wars are bad. you can never call something where hundreds of thousands of people die "good". The real question is whether the civil war was necessary, no wars are good, but some are definitely necessary. Including the civil war. the civil war needed to happen because Abraham Lincoln could not sit back and watch as states just left the nation. you can't let that happen. He needed to keep the states together so the civil war began. There are many reasons that make this war necessary though. Slavery is another issue that was fixed by the civil war. the civil war was necessary to keep our country together and to give freedom to the slaves. It was not good in anyway. but it was necessary and that makes it not bad. Its definitely not good but it also isn't bad, it's just necessary. 1205377417I do

First off, I agree with andy that no war is "good". With that said the civil war was definitley BAD! Although it was probably neccessary for many different reasons, I agree with Alex, the civil war did blow the south's economy into pieces( I dont know if they are STILL trying to recover though, but it did take a while.) The civil war was terrible for our country because the amount of deaths and what is usually overlooked (wounds) was so high. However have to agree with the people that said the good that came out of the civil war was the north winning and ultimately abolishing slavery. What people forget is that back then the South wasn't looked at as the "bad guys" ( im not condoning slavery in any fashion!!), its just that each side had their own beliefs and values. Yes, most people do agree that the north were the "good guys" because the south wanted slavery and the north didn't, but that is certainly not the way it was viewed back then (which If i remember correctly we discussed in class?) 1205447855

i agree that the civil war was a good thing for our country. i think that if we had never had the war our country would have never come to gather and been the country we are to day. i also think we would still be disagreeing on things like slavery and that would tear us even more apart. i also think that our country going to war made us stornger because we realised that we are not differnt from eachother and that we all want the same things out of life in the end. so i do think that if the war had never hapend this would be a totaly diffent country than what it is today. 1205449194

The question of if any war is good or bad is a very hard question to answer. It's like one that is yes and no. Of course when you look at it with all the men who fought and died, all the hatred, fighting and bad stuff then yes the Civil War was bad. But at the same time you have to look and the reason it first started and its end result. The reason for it starting was the dispute over slavery. The end result eventually became the end of slavery. So when you look at it in that respect the Civil War was a great thing. It just depends on how your looking at it. For example if you were to immediately say it was bad then your also saying all those men who put their lives on the line for what they believe in was bad and pointless. Or you say it was good so therefore you think that all the hatred and dieing was a good thing. I think that this question is kind of like some of the poetry we read its a trick question or something that only you can figure out. 1205462286

I just thought of an idea that I wanted to throw on the table. What if the Civil War never happened? This unit wouldn't exist. This literature wouldn't exist. Sure no one here actually wants to read or write about any of this, but think about how ignorant of the world we would be! It would be another thing our country never would have experienced. We would not be able to be compared to the great nations who have felt what our country felt, recieved the literture (poetry, prose, fiction, non-fiction...) we did. We would also have a false sense of pride because our country never separated, which wouldn't let us learn. You can never reach your potential until you have made a few mistakes. 1205462977

Before we all state our opinions if it was good or bad, I think we should all know the backround before we speak to soon. Recently, I asked my Dad about the Civil War. I wanted more insight so I could come to a better conclusion then what I had before. -In 1861, a great war in American history began. It was a civil war between the north and south that was by no means civil. This war would have great deaths upon the economy of this country and the states within it. The American Civil War began with secession, creating a divided union of sorts, and sparked an incredibly huge conflict for four years. Although the actual war began with secession, this was not the only driving force. The economy of the Southern states, the Confederacy, greatly if not entirely depended on the institution of slavery. The Confederacy was heavily focused on agriculture, and they used the profits made from the sale of such raw materials to purchase finished goods to use and enjoy. Their major export was cotton, which thrived on the warm river deltas and could easily be shipped to major ocean ports from towns on the Mississippi and numerous river cities. As everyone seems to notice, slavery was a key part of this. 1205468214