tack wrote:black americans did not become citizens of the USA until the 1866 civil rights act
the 14th ammendment of 9 july 1868 formalized it
as the civil war ended in 1865 blacks where not americans
so 45.4 % of the northan army was legaly americans the rest non citizans so the American civil war was not two american sides but an southern american side v a manly non american side
what point have i missed
civil war is a very poor description of the war a better description of it would be the confederate war of independance
tack
Lol, the 14th Amendment is about making sure you're eligble to pay taxes
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. If you think some plain text makes you an American, you missed the point.