What is there to know? The south was full of evil racist white supremacists and the north was full of virtuous progressives (who were also evil racist white supremacists, but not as bad as the ones from the south) and the good guys won. End of story.
Remember: the United States has always been an evil, oppressive, genocidal empire. Except during the Civil War (and only on the north side) and WWII. Then it was unquestionably the good guy, and the good guys ALWAYS win!
What is there to know? The south was full of evil racist white supremacists and the north was full of virtuous progressives (who were also evil racist white supremacists, but not as bad as the ones from the south) and the good guys won. End of story.
Remember: the United States has always been an evil, oppressive, genocidal empire. Except during the Civil War (and only on the north side) and WWII. Then it was unquestionably the good guy, and the good guys ALWAYS win!