What is so civil about the civil war?!?!?

Answer 1

It was not a civil war. The south had absolutely no designs on a single square-inch of territory of a single northern state. The south had no desire to rule the north. Not a single shot would have been fired after Ft. Sumter if the north hadn't come looking for trouble. It was a war of northern aggression.

Answer 2

It's called a civil war because it's a war between groups people with common social connections. Like the war between the states.

Answer 3

CIVILization. The war determined a new direction of the United States (assuming you meant The American Civil War), otherwise the same can be generally applied.

Answer 4

it was a war within a country
with regard to the american civil war, the union fought the confederates, thus the country is now called the united states of america because of the union victory

Answer 5

It was civilized while being civilily civil, and since it was civily fought, we civilians of a civil civilization like to civily call it the civil war.

Answer 6

civil war is just an oxymoron to describe a country's internal war

Answer 7

One definition of civil means of or relating to a citizen or citizens. Thus the name when these citizens fight each other.

Answer 8

Ain't nuthin' civil about war.

Unfortunately, it's sometimes necessary. And in this one, we're trying to bring civilty back.

Answer 9

Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they've always done before

Look at the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way they've always done before

you'd think we would learn

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