The Lincoln administration not only had to deal with a hostile South, but it also had to contend with a possible intervention by the European powers of France and Britain. These two powers broke bones and left corpses in their wake with their pillage of Africa, Asia, and everywhere  lands..…

General strikes, or near general strikes, in countries like Greece, Spain, France, and South Africa. Massive student demonstrations in country after country, from Britain to Puerto Rico to Pakistan. ..…

Soon other former colonizers of Africa, including Britain and Italy, started clamoring for intervention. . ..…