Why do Americans refer to their civil war as "THE civil war"?

Why do Americans refer to their civil war as "THE civil war"?
Is it arrogance or retardation?

what else would they call it? Fit it into a sentence without 'the'

waste of time thread

It's the only civil war that matters. Don't act like that's not true

Because it was the only civil war you retard.

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Because no one else fucking matters. We allow everyone else to exist.

The "the" would imply more than one
>american education

Try using "our" maybe?

how would the "the" imply more than one civil war? where the fuck do you get that?

It's short for the civil war in our country.

In Spain we call our civil war "la guerra civil".

Not arrogance just familiarity. Just like when you were a kid you called your parents' home "my house"

Because we've only had one civil war

Because it's the first 'modern' war

Because the western world is still obsessed with race and the American Civil War is one of the most iconic wars "about race" (>inb4 implying, I'm talking about popular perception)

Pick one or all 3. Our civil war was important beyond our own borders.

It's like when butthurt spics pretend like they have no idea what you are talking about when you say you are American "because you could he referring to anywhere between Canada to Argentina". Beaner please, you know exactly what I'm talking about

Wat

First modern wars were the Napoleonic wars, pleb

Don't you live in the U.S. you faggot? Literally walk two feet and ask someone.

Yes.
Wherever I go, I must also live.

It's The War of Northern Aggression. You would know that if you weren't a yankee or the son of a filthy carpetbagger.

Every country does that, idiot.

We call the Mexican revolution THE revolution and the Mexican independece THE independece.

After viewing this thread, I'm going to go with retardation.
None of you seem to be able to understand that "the" implies that it is "the" only civil war in existence. Jesus Christ, I know where I'm posting, but fucking hell lads.

I didn't realize that rapid fire guns and riflied muskets were used back in 1812

For the same reason Russians call Stalin's purges "The Great Terror."

>British
>doesn't understand English

I really hope you're a Paki, otherwise that's just embarrassing