We were sort of fighting against monarchism in the Revolution, in that the people leading the revolution really weren’t terribly anti-monarchist, but it developed throughout the conflict and became more of the cause in retrospect.

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We were sort of fighting against slavery in the Civil War, in that lots of leaders in the Union were happy to compromise with slavery early on to preserve the Union, and it was really the radical Republicans seizing the opportunity the war provided to pass the 13, 14 & 15 amendments after the war.
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We were sort of fighting against fascism in WW2, in that a lot of Americans thought the Nazis made some really good points when the war started, and Nazism was inspired in no small part by the U.S., and it was really fighting the war that made America stridently anti-fascist.
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