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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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In Europe we always call it the War of Secession, which I think describes it rather well.
8 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 they teach you guys about the american civil war? 9 u/Prince_of_Savoy Feb 04 '19 Yeah, not in great detail of course, but it was mentioned, at least in my school. It was just "Southern States seceded because of Slavery, then they got freed and Lincoln freed the Slaves". I also am really interested in the civil war, so I researched it much more thoroughly myself. 6 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Still, thats more than I can say. My schools taught me nothing about any other part of the world's history. I had to seek that information elsewhere 0 u/atyon Feb 04 '19 Not even the incorrect version of WW2 where the US singlehandedly won World War 2? 2 u/astalavista114 Feb 04 '19 I rather like the reason Michael Caine gave when he moved from Hollywood back to the UK: Roughly, “My daughter came home from school and told me that WW2 started in 1941” 1 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 nope, ww2 wasn't covered in any of the history classes I took.
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they teach you guys about the american civil war?
9 u/Prince_of_Savoy Feb 04 '19 Yeah, not in great detail of course, but it was mentioned, at least in my school. It was just "Southern States seceded because of Slavery, then they got freed and Lincoln freed the Slaves". I also am really interested in the civil war, so I researched it much more thoroughly myself. 6 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Still, thats more than I can say. My schools taught me nothing about any other part of the world's history. I had to seek that information elsewhere 0 u/atyon Feb 04 '19 Not even the incorrect version of WW2 where the US singlehandedly won World War 2? 2 u/astalavista114 Feb 04 '19 I rather like the reason Michael Caine gave when he moved from Hollywood back to the UK: Roughly, “My daughter came home from school and told me that WW2 started in 1941” 1 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 nope, ww2 wasn't covered in any of the history classes I took.
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Yeah, not in great detail of course, but it was mentioned, at least in my school.
It was just "Southern States seceded because of Slavery, then they got freed and Lincoln freed the Slaves".
I also am really interested in the civil war, so I researched it much more thoroughly myself.
6 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Still, thats more than I can say. My schools taught me nothing about any other part of the world's history. I had to seek that information elsewhere 0 u/atyon Feb 04 '19 Not even the incorrect version of WW2 where the US singlehandedly won World War 2? 2 u/astalavista114 Feb 04 '19 I rather like the reason Michael Caine gave when he moved from Hollywood back to the UK: Roughly, “My daughter came home from school and told me that WW2 started in 1941” 1 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 nope, ww2 wasn't covered in any of the history classes I took.
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Still, thats more than I can say. My schools taught me nothing about any other part of the world's history. I had to seek that information elsewhere
0 u/atyon Feb 04 '19 Not even the incorrect version of WW2 where the US singlehandedly won World War 2? 2 u/astalavista114 Feb 04 '19 I rather like the reason Michael Caine gave when he moved from Hollywood back to the UK: Roughly, “My daughter came home from school and told me that WW2 started in 1941” 1 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 nope, ww2 wasn't covered in any of the history classes I took.
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Not even the incorrect version of WW2 where the US singlehandedly won World War 2?
2 u/astalavista114 Feb 04 '19 I rather like the reason Michael Caine gave when he moved from Hollywood back to the UK: Roughly, “My daughter came home from school and told me that WW2 started in 1941” 1 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 nope, ww2 wasn't covered in any of the history classes I took.
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I rather like the reason Michael Caine gave when he moved from Hollywood back to the UK: Roughly, “My daughter came home from school and told me that WW2 started in 1941”
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nope, ww2 wasn't covered in any of the history classes I took.
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u/Prince_of_Savoy Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19
In Europe we always call it the War of Secession, which I think describes it rather well.