#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