civil war

I got home from work one night and my roommate started asking about the residents I work with.
She wanted to know if they were old enough to remember the civil rights movement.
For some reason, in my college dropout mind, I interpreted that as the civil war.
At work the next day I start talking to my residents.
And, like an awkward Canadian, started asking them if they remember the civil war.
No.
No they didn't.
Because the civil war and the civil rights movement are definitely not the same....