Unknown well-known documents -- The gathering storm (1787-1860) -- Secession (1859-1861) -- Civil War (1861-1865) -- Reconstruction and fusion (1866-1890) -- The nadir of race relations (1890-1940) -- The civil rights era, 1940- -- Concluding words
Summary
Most Americans hold basic misconceptions about the Confederacy, the Civil War, and the actions of subsequent neo-Confederates. For example, two thirds of Americans--including most history teachers--think the Confederate States seceded for "states' rights." This error persists because most have never read the key documents about the Confederacy. These documents have always been there. When South Carolina seceded, it published "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union." The document actually opposes st
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