Civil War? Southerners simply? wanted to live amongst themselves (and still do) and really do not care for the North or the rest of the states. In fact, as a non-American I have never seen more Americans who are actually proud of their roots and heritage than Southerners.
if the South wanted to...
...technical accomplishments which were? actually done by Germans, Russians, French etc?? I think it's a disgrace to the global scientific community that the USA and Great Britain set the standards. Let's face it the Germans, French and others did far more yet they don't receive credit. I am...