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"Drink: The Chicago Fizz (Dark rum, ruby port, lemon juice, sugar, club soda, and egg whites)
Why?: While New Orleans is credited with the origination of the fizz, the Chicago variation’s claim to fame was its popularity at the Waldorf-Astoria bar in New York during the pre-prohibition era."

So, no connection with Chicago whatsoever other than the name, and no connection with the rest of the state at all.

Also, never heard of this drink, and rum and port aren't really go-to drinks in Chicago/Illinois. Total fail.
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"We created this survey by drawing on several sources. Research by Sam Gosling, at the University of Texas..."

I've read Professor Gosling's scholarly work and randomly "creating" a survey like this is no measurement instrument. This is, at best, clickbait or data harvesting. At worst, it's not science, much less journalism.
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It wasn't very accurate from my perspective. 57% conservative/43% liberal indicates I am closer to a centrist than I see myself.

One thing I don't understand is how using a "modern browser" marks one as a liberal.
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The Founding Fathers also believed that slavery would die out on its own--and they were terribly wrong. Although the economic value of slavery was degrading in the 1850s, it wasn't collapsing and importance of slavery to Southern society was becoming more entrenched with every passing year.

It was a cancer that had to be burned out. I don't see any other way. And as a Southerner and descendant of Confederate veterans, I am so very glad that the South lost. The worst possible outcome for the South in the Civil War would have been victory.
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Many people prior to the Civil War believed slavery was a dying institution; Abraham Lincoln, being one of them. That's one of the main reasons he was so keenly intent on preserving the union instead of fighting for abolitionism. There are many Lincoln letters that give his detailed view of how and when he thought slavery would end. "Lincoln: Speeches and Writing" is just one.
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