why american prefer south ?

Question

i mean civil war . most of the movies i saw within the period its a sympathy with south and they take south aside. . although north was against slavery . does it has any relation to white house and washingtonpr politic protest ? . because washington was the center commander of north ?

Answer 1

This is a great question. Maybe (opinion only) it's because the south suffered devastating losses during and after the war, and as a result of northern "Reconstruction" policies that sought (after Pres. Lincoln's assassination) to punish the southern states and strip them of their property and resources. As Americans we have a tendency to romantically root for the underdog and for those who succeed "against all odds..." The South certainly qualifies, so it makes sense that movies and other works of fiction would play to that angle and render them heroically.Yeah, slavery sucked...it was a big bloody stain of shame on our national identity. But there's much more to the south than just that legacy, then and now. Come check us out if you have the time.

Answer 2

Dude...I don't know what movies you've been watching about the civil war, but virtually every movie I've ever seen on the period seems to try to denigrate the south. As far as who was for or against slavery...I think both sides were basically indifferent. The South relied on slave labor for production, while the North relied on slavery to keep the cost of goods from the south down (especially cotton). The abolitionist movement (against slavery) had been in the north for 100 years prior to the civil war...and the war continued for a year and a half before the emancipation proclamation (which officially ended slavery). Never make the mistake of thinking that war was about slavery. Additionally, blacks were not welcome in the North after the civil war. When blacks living in the North could find work (immediately following the war), it was usually doing the same sort of work they did in the South, for subsistence wages only.

Generally speaking, I don't think most people prefer the South. However, I have noticed that people in the South are much more proud of their heritage, history and traditions. Perhaps you have had some recent contact with some of these?

Answer 3

Your exposure to movies and books about the period is limited. I have seen scores of them. I don't see favoritism or bias either way, other than regret that the convlict was neccessary.

The causes of the war were a lot more than the issue of slavery. The issue of slavery has been important to America throughout US history, was important to USA at the time of the start of Civil War, but the breakup was more due to situation similar to today ... the nation split over many important critical topics & no end in sight reaching satisfactory compromises.

The South, at the time, interpreted the Constitution to include the right of states to leave the Union. One result of the war is that now we all know that states do not have right to leave the Union, unless the Constitution is changed to give such an exit path.

There are people out there who are still embittered about the conflict and the aftermath, who continue to take sides, but I think they are a minority,

Answer 4

Although the South threatened to secede from the Union, and lost the Civil War, the southerners are still Americans.

No need to put-down our people in the movies. This would be socially repugnant, as well as economically disastrous, as people from the southern states and their sympathizers would boycott attending the movie theater screenings.

Better to let the wounds heal, than to stir them up again.

Answer 5

Dude, I'm from San Francisco, and I do not prefer south, and I'm (by fate of destiny stucked down here in Florida)

Answer 6

go and ask Josie wales