For the most part, yes.  All their complaints boiled down to "I want my slaves whether it is right or wrong and the gubmint should not have anything to say abut it."  I realy don't think that keeping fellow humans as chattel property was a cause worth fighting for.

That wasn't the issue when the war began though (at least not for the North).

The Rust Belt is in such economic despondency that it is forcing people to go where they can find work or at least a better climate.  I don't think the Northern Midwest is losing net population though, but I haven't seen the numbers either.

Are you saying the rebels didn't have legitimate complaints?

Moses was Egyptian (technically).  Don't forget that. 🙂

The South was never in a position to defeat the North militarily.  Their only hope was to prolong the war and make it as miserable as possible to where the Northern people would demand it all to end.  Lincoln survived politically and fortunate events on the battlefield helped to expedite the war's conclusion.  Also, the South was not unified in the war effort.  There were pockets of Northern sympathizers  (East Tennessee, Western Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri etc…) that impeded the South's ability to remain defiant.  Finally, the South never galvanized its full force as the individual states usually mustered as Northern troops advanced on their territories.

I forgot to mention the influence Egypt had on the Israelites.  There's another connection to Western Culture.

They're using Irene as a martial law prep.  Never let a crisis go to waste remember…..

Yes, but often we find conflicting sources that make things more obscure.  One source will say one thing and another will say something else.