I've just started reading Amazon.com: This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War (9780195392425): James M. McPherson: Books and his first chapter/essay covers some of the differing narratives of the cause of the Civil War:
The Lost Cause - state's rights
Progressive - sectional economic differences
Emancipation - ending slavery
Unionism - save the Union, with the fight over expansion of slavery being the cause
What view was taught to you in school (and where) and which view is correct?
The Lost Cause - state's rights
Progressive - sectional economic differences
Emancipation - ending slavery
Unionism - save the Union, with the fight over expansion of slavery being the cause
What view was taught to you in school (and where) and which view is correct?
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