Morrill Tariff
In doing some research for a Twitchy comment on the Million Vet March, I came across this Wikipedia entry. Bear in mind, it IS wikipedia, so any "facts" asserted need to be independently verified.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrill_ta...
What I find interesting, in an AS/AR context, is that the article suggests that the Confederate War may have been the result, not of this tariff (if you read the whole wikipedia entry), but by gov't meddling in trade over decades.
Another interesting thing I found, which I'm probably the only person who A) would notice and B) would be unPC (read: stupid) enough to comment on was this bit...
" Beginning in the 1950s, historians moved away from the Beard thesis of economic causality. In its place, historians led by Richard Hofstadter began to emphasize the social causes of the war, centered around the issue of slavery."
Beard held, in the 1920s <-- important part! that it was economic concerns that led to the Confederate War.
But in the 1950s, the theories were changed to social concerns, especially black slavery. Yes, I added "black" on purpose.
Then, in the 21st century, the theory that it may have been caused by economic concerns re-emerged.
What was happening in the 1920s? That was the age of the "Roaring 20s"... an economic boom, brought about in part through prohibition.
And what great social change was not only beginning, but being pushed by the left in the 1950s? Why, that was the roots of the "Civil Rights Movement" (capped and put in quotes to distinguish it from the legitimate struggle).
Movies such as "The Defiant Ones" (1958) began addressing racial issues.
My conclusions from this are probably obvious. I'll leave everyone else to their own.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrill_ta...
What I find interesting, in an AS/AR context, is that the article suggests that the Confederate War may have been the result, not of this tariff (if you read the whole wikipedia entry), but by gov't meddling in trade over decades.
Another interesting thing I found, which I'm probably the only person who A) would notice and B) would be unPC (read: stupid) enough to comment on was this bit...
" Beginning in the 1950s, historians moved away from the Beard thesis of economic causality. In its place, historians led by Richard Hofstadter began to emphasize the social causes of the war, centered around the issue of slavery."
Beard held, in the 1920s <-- important part! that it was economic concerns that led to the Confederate War.
But in the 1950s, the theories were changed to social concerns, especially black slavery. Yes, I added "black" on purpose.
Then, in the 21st century, the theory that it may have been caused by economic concerns re-emerged.
What was happening in the 1920s? That was the age of the "Roaring 20s"... an economic boom, brought about in part through prohibition.
And what great social change was not only beginning, but being pushed by the left in the 1950s? Why, that was the roots of the "Civil Rights Movement" (capped and put in quotes to distinguish it from the legitimate struggle).
Movies such as "The Defiant Ones" (1958) began addressing racial issues.
My conclusions from this are probably obvious. I'll leave everyone else to their own.
I guess you glossed over the words "in part".
I also guess you were absent the day they taught history in school.
Perhaps I should have said it was brought about in part from the REACTION to prohibition.