american history up to 1865

Choose an area that you learned about  in this course and connect it to the present day. Why did you choose  this particular material? Identify two (2) specific concepts you learned in the course that surprised or intrigued you, and explain why. up to 1865 and I choose the abolition of slavery period and what was intriguing was that mostly people wanted slavery to exist. 

This is only a discussion.