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You do not need to respond to these questions in an essay format. Instead, write a paragraph or two in response to each individual question. Since this is an SWA, you should still employ quotes and strong evidence from the readings to support your answers.
- In "Long-Legged Yankee Lies" James McPherson explores efforts by Southern Whites to create and promote the so-called Lost Cause of the Confederacy. What "truths" did Southern Whites hope to enshrine about the history of slavery, the Confederacy, and the Civil War and what methods did they use to do so (write in particular here on the fight over textbooks).
- The document "The Confederacy, In Its Own Words" is a collection of statements from a variety of Confederate sources. How do these primary sources refute the messages promoted by the Lost Cause depiction of the Confederacy?
- Finally, listen to poet Clint Smith read his poem about the experience of growing up as a Black child surrounded by images celebrating the Confederacy (you can also read a transcript of the short interview and the poem on the link in the syllabus/on Canvas). For Smith and many others, what do these Confederate statues really signify? How does Smith's poem also reflect on the enduring legacy of those battles over textbooks that you read about in McPherson's article?
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In "Long-Legged Yankee Lies" James McPherson explores efforts by Southern Whites
to create and promote the so-called Lost Cause of the Confederacy. What "truths" did
Southern Whites hope to enshrine about the history of slavery, the Confederacy, and
the Civil War and what methods did they use to do so (write in particular here on the
fight over textbooks).
In "Long-Legged Yankee Lies”, there are interpretations of the civil war, which is
referred to as the South’s lost cause. After the civil war, the whites from the south regarded
themselves as the lost cause. The reason behind this is that they got outnumbered by the north in
terms of resources. The southerners referred to themselves as the righteous men fighting for the
freedoms and rights as granted by the constitution. Since their views were opposed by the
northern, McPherson indicates that they had to keep their attitude alive and pass it to their
offspring. As such, they formed veteran groups, parades, special ceremonies, rallies, and games
to indoctrinate the children.
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