#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00)– Introduction
(06:45)– Revolutions and governments
(24:23)– American Civil War
(33:35)– Lincoln and election of 1860
(37:25)– Slavery
(50:35)– Freedom of speech
(1:02:17)– Death toll of the Civil War
(1:05:36)– Ulysses S. Grant
(1:07:45)– Ku Klux Klan
(1:19:27)– Robert E. Lee
(1:27:11)– Abraham Lincoln
(1:42:18)– If the south won
(1:50:54)– Hypocrisy of the Founders
(1:56:56)– John Wilkes Booth
(2:00:11)– White supremacy
(2:05:34)– Disputed elections
(2:15:56)– Politics
(2:24:20)– Donald Trump and Joe Biden
(2:37:06)– January 6th
(3:02:04)– Hope for the future