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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
The Civil War in America was a seminal event in American history. In addition to resolving the long simmering issue of slavery (on the correct side of course) it also transformed political and public views from thinking “These United States of America” to “The United States of America.”
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Some argue that it was the War of 1812 that changed the U.S. from a collection of states to a nation: e.g., Walter R. Borneman in
1812: The War That Forged a Nation.