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Appropriately, we are ending our look back on May of 1945 on Memorial Day weekend.

bring it before the roberts court. it was actually passed by one state. you'll never guess which one. let's see if anyone knows. ohio. out of deference to senator corwin who was the compromiser. yes? question? >> harrisburg, pennsylvania. i think one of the fascinating areas in terms of james buchanan is what in the terms of what he didn't do is the things he didn't do that could've made things far worse for lincoln coming in including recognizing the confederacy. just what was his motivation? was it shear passivity? or did he genuinely have few remaining principles that he was not g...

humiliation because they had 80 years of shared history, pride, a sense of nationality that i think helped get it through, the humiliation and embarrassment of that defeat. but i've often wondered what would have happened if the confederacy had lost, being just four months old, having no tradition of anything, except still a fair degree of disagreement among disagreement. would the people of the is sece states have lost heart? would they continue to turn out the loans and contributions in the south to keep funding a military effort if their soldiers had turned and fled in shame at fi...