I really enjoy Tomas Pueyo and his blog, Uncharted Territories, because it’s investigates how geography shapes so much around us.
His latest article looks at the Civil War.
Climate Caused the US Civil War [Uncharted Territories] – “The story people know about the US Civil War is that the South had slavery and the North was free. As each side expanded westward, they feared that the other side would prevail and force their solution on the other, and eventually they went to war over it.
That, right there, should give you pause: North and South? Westward expansion? Did geography have something to do with the Civil War? More than that: I think geography caused the Civil War. How?”