Donald Trumps Civil War by Ken Burns
By Alexandra Petri
May 1 at 3:57 PM
... Narrator: Andrew Jackson could have stopped it. He was known for his “big heart,” and it was probably this tendency to get sad and even cry at the thought of injustice that is the reason we associate him with the Trail of Tears. He could have made a deal. He said.
Andrew Jackson: There’s no reason for this.
Narrator: But the war came. No one really can say what the war was for. They were very upset, and some of them waved a beautiful symbol of heritage and states’ rights. There were a lot of battles fought in this war: Gettysburg, for instance, where there were almost as many people present as might attend a below-average Trump rally ...
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