(January 10, 2022 at 9:48 pm)Spongebob Wrote:
After the Civil War was over, the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) went about rewriting the history of the South, slavery and the cause of the war. This included having a significant impact on school history books and the erecting of pro-Confederacy monuments around the country and naming of significant places after Confederate leaders. Now that was a coordinated effort to white wash history.
Yeah, this was the "Lost Cause" movement after the Civil War that tried to portray the Civil War as being fought principally over the issue of "state rights" as opposed to the institution of slavery, and, especially, the expansion of slavery. Fortunately, scholars know better.