Using Confederate Documents to Teach About Secession, Slavery, and the Origins of the Civil War
Working with the American public to understand the causes of the Civil War can be an exercise in frustration. Confederate leaders themselves made it plain that slavery was the key issue sparking secession. And yet, four of five Americans—including many teachers—hold basic misconceptions about the era, revolving around a vague, abstract concept of “states’ rights.”
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