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This Mason-Dixon backed off our marriage has caused some minor tensions when we visit Civil War battle sites
我們婚姻中的，分裂了國(guó)家的梅森-狄克遜線（南北分界線）在我們參觀內(nèi)戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)遺址的時(shí)候造成了一些緊張
but we both agree that the wars outcome was for the best especially so considering the prospect of two Americas,
但我們都同意，考慮到南方北方的情況戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的結(jié)果還是好的
Northern and Southern which had once come together as a nation greater than the sum of its parts.
南方北方結(jié)合在一起，成為一個(gè)國(guó)家要比分裂開(kāi)來(lái)的總和更強(qiáng)大
Slavery was at the centre of the question in 1861 Southerners believed every state had the right to decide on the fate of slavery,
問(wèn)題的核心就在于奴隸制，1861年南方人認(rèn)為每個(gè)州都有權(quán)利自行決定奴隸制的命運(yùn)
they believed more over that each state had the right to succeed from the union at any time.
他們相信每個(gè)州都有權(quán)利在任何時(shí)候退出合眾國(guó)
The newly inaugurated president Abraham Lincoln of Illinois believed that the federal government's powers trumped the states right position.
而新上任的總統(tǒng)，伊利諾伊州的亞伯拉罕·林肯認(rèn)為聯(lián)邦政府的權(quán)力要?jiǎng)龠^(guò)各州的權(quán)利
The Southerners had a valid point though, when they claimed they were fighting for survival of their lifestyle
但是南方人也有正當(dāng)?shù)睦碛桑麄兟暦Q是在為保留自己的生活方式而戰(zhàn)
the question of slavery temporarily aside the industrialised North was in fact trying very hard to isolate the agricultural South.
奴隸制問(wèn)題暫且不談，工業(yè)化的北方事實(shí)上是在非常努力地孤立農(nóng)業(yè)化的南方
King Cotton needed room to expand and if slavery could not be extended West, the South entire economy and way of life was doomed.
棉花種植需要擴(kuò)張地盤，如果奴隸制不能向西部推行，南方的整個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)和生活方式也就會(huì)遭到破壞
The majority of Southerners were neither wealthy nor were they slave owners but they all still wanted to defend their way of life.
大多數(shù)南方人即不富有，也不是奴隸主，但他們?nèi)匀幌胍葱l(wèi)自己的生活方式
