please answer. american civil war. what would you do?

Question

you are a time traveler. you know that if abraham lincoln wins the election, many southern states will secede from the union, a war will begin, and thousands will die. what would you do?

Answer 1

nothing. you don't screw around with history. it played out that way and that's how it should stay.
peace

Answer 2

mmmh i would take some civil war books with me and present them to lincoln and davis....then i would have them to think about it and have them play poker instead of all the bloodshed.

on the other hand maybe i would not do anything which could change future


i ve to admit if i would be a time traveler i would go to some other location and time ;)

Answer 3

SEE THAT HE WOULD NEVER BE SCURRULOUSLY AND IN A COWARDLY FASHION BE ASSASSINATED AT HIS LEISURE WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT A CHALLENGE AND ADEQUATELYDEFEND HIMSELF AGAINST AN ATTACKER IN SINGLE HONORABLE COMBAT!!ABE WAS KNOWN AS A GOOD ONE FOR A FIGHT IF THE CAUSE BE DEEMED JUST AND WORTHY OF THE EFFORT!!HE WAS A SELF MADE MAN AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS EXCEPT FROM HIS ENVOIUS AND OUTSPOKEN OPPONNETS NORTH AND SOUTH WAS A PERSON OF SUPREMELY GOOD CHARACTER,DELIBERATE AND JUST IN HIS DEALINGS AND INSIGHTFUL!! HE WAS INDEED A MAN TO BE ENVIED FOR HIS NATIVE WISDOM!!ONLY A SCALYWAG WOULD SAY OTHERWISE!!BESIDES IT WAS A GREAT AND NOBLE UNDERTAKING BY THE SOUTH TO FIGHT VALIANTLY AND ABLLY AGAINST EXCEEDINGLY GREAT ODDS TO UPHOLD THEIR LIFE ,THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR STATES RIGHTS TO SECEDE !!YOU WOULD DENY THE SOUTHERN STATES THEIR VALIANT PAST AND EXEMPLARY EXHIBITION OF BRAVERY AND COURAGE UNDER ARMS??? I SAY SHAME ON YOU!!MANY VALUEABLE CONSIDERATIONS WERE MADE SAFE BY THE VALIANT CONFEDERATE EFFORTS AND MANY THINGS IMPORTANT TO ALL AMERICANS HAD LIGHT SHED UPON THEM IN THAT GREAT AND NOBLE ALTERCATION!!YOU CAN'T STOP AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME!!IF THE SOUTH HAD FREED THE SLAVES THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A CAUSATORY ISSUE!AND MANY SLAVES WERE PREPARED TO FIGHT FOR DIXIE..OR HADN'T YOU HEARD!!IF ALL THE GOOD VALUES WERE HELD BY THE NORTH WHY ARE WE IN THE STATE THAT WE'RE IN TODAY THEY HAVING TECHNICALLY WON THE RECENT UNPLEASANTNESS BETWEEN THE STATES"????MANY VALID POINTS WERE PUT FORTH AND BACKED WITH COURAGE BY THE MAJORITY OF THE SOUTHERNERS WHO HAD NEVER NOR WOULD EVER IF POSSIBLE HAD USED OWNED OR TRADED IN SLAVERY AND THE PRODUCTS OF IT!!MANY NORTHERNERS HATED BLACK PEOPLE AS ANATHEMA TO THEM AS ANY RACE HATING SOUTHERN PLUTOCRAT CHAINED TO THE PRACTICE MORE BY DESIRE AND CUSTOM THAN BY THE ECONOMIC NECESSITY FOR SLAVERY IN SUCH A LABOR INTENSIVE FRAMEWORK OF AGRICULTURE THAT COULD SUCESSFULLY SURVIVE AND PROSPER IN NO OTHER WAY!!

Answer 4

Bet heavily on the north. If you could alter one thing, it would throw every thing else out of wack.