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glorify the lost cause. They turned their generals into mythic heroes
and looked wistfully back at the antebellum period. They almost
regretted surrendering.
Historian Shelby Foote said,
Any understanding of this nation has to be based…on an
understanding of the Civil War . . . The Civil War defined us as what
we are, and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad
things. It is very necessary if you’re going to understand the American
character in the 20th century to learn about this enormous catastrophe
of the mid-19th century. It was the crossroads of our being.
Burns, K. & Burns, R. (Writers). (1990). Episode 1: The cause (1861).
In K. Burns (Producer), The Civil War. Arlington, VA: Public
Broadcasting Service.
Write a 1,400-word paper in which you answer the following
questions:
·
What do you think Foote meant in the quoted passage? How
does the Civil War define Americans?
·
If the Southern generals like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall
Jackson were so brilliant, and if the South lost fewer men than the
North, why did the North win the war?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
or
Create a 10-slide presentation, using Microsoft® PowerPoint® or
another multimedia tool that provides a visual tour of at least three
major battlefields of the Civil War.