Was the Moon Landing the Most Badass Event in American History?

[snyps]

Mr Khan said:

outlawauron said:

the_dengle said:

hatmoza said:
The moon landing was a hoax *puts on tinfoil hat*.


I would have to say, with my limited knowledge of American history, that the civil war and the emancipation were the most badass moments.

I would agree if the Civil War wasn't also one of the most disgraceful events in American history. When you think about it, half our country was fighting to keep slavery.

Oh God, this statement makes me sick to my stomach to the point of wanting to vomit.

While it is more complex than that, that's what the bulk of it boils down to. The South was fighting to preserve its economic way of life (for there were other concerns, such as tariffs that favored New England factories versus European competitors), but slavery was the cornerstone of the South's Latin-American-esque (versus the North's European-esque) lifestyle, and so was the primary motive for fighting.

Prior to the civil war the central governments job was strictly foreign affairs. As is always the case with politics, slavery and economics were just guises to usurp states rights and sovereignty, paving the way for a central bank to rule the land.