alt Hacker NewsThe North was obviously threatening to engage in war against the South over the slavery/secession issues. Whoever fired the first shot is immaterial.
The North was obviously threatening to engage in war against the South over the slavery/secession issues. Whoever fired the first shot is immaterial.
Yes it does matter because by succeeding they broke the US Constitution, and by attacking the US military they committed an act of war against the United States military. Your comparison to the current situation in Venezuela doesn't hold because the US Civil War wasn't a foreign intervention, it was a domestic constitutional conflict.