The Civil War Lives On In Contemporary American Life. A Mini-course
It explains American identities, doesn't feel 160+ years ago.
Civil War Battle Re-enactment, Gettysburg, PA 2007 (Photo by Jim Buie)
The Neo-Confederate Movement, Trump and Haley
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The American Civil War echoes in the 2024 presidential race. Donald Trump's remarks that the Civil War could have been avoided by negotiation and Nikki Haley’s statement neglecting to mention slavery as the chief cause of the conflict have been widely condemned in mainstream media as historically ignorant.
Today’s debates echo the 1850s.
‘Why 1850 Doesn’t Feel So Very Far Away: Historian Joanne Freeman on today’s parallels with antebellum America.
‘How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America’ by Historian Heather Cox Richardson.
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