#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War | Lex Fridman Podcast

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Jeremi Suri is a historian at UT Austin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    OUTLINE:
    Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
    (00:00) - Introduction
    (06:45) - Revolutions and governments
    (24:23) - American Civil War
    (33:35) - Lincoln and election of 1860
    (37:25) - Slavery
    (50:35) - Freedom of speech
    (1:02:17) - Death toll of the Civil War
    (1:05:36) - Ulysses S. Grant
    (1:07:45) - Ku Klux Klan
    (1:19:27) - Robert E. Lee
    (1:27:11) - Abraham Lincoln
    (1:42:18) - If the south won
    (1:50:54) - Hypocrisy of the Founders
    (1:56:56) - John Wilkes Booth
    (2:00:11) - White supremacy
    (2:05:34) - Disputed elections
    (2:15:56) - Politics
    (2:24:20) - Donald Trump and Joe Biden
    (2:37:06) - January 6th
    (3:02:04) - Hope for the future

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