@HistoPol
Compromises surrounding slavery were at the heart of the process that formed the Union. The 2nd Amendment for example enabled states to maintain armed militias to suppress slave revolts and hunt fugitive slaves. The Union was an uneasy alliance kept together by the threat of British power. The alliance unraveled as soon as that threat vanished and deep cultural divides have continued to drive American politics. The Civil Rights movement led to Nixon's Southern Strategy to today's #gop