The Confederate Conundrum: What Really Caused The Civil War?

Our country is being divided.  Confederate monuments are being taken down left and right, while the right and left fight each other over what, in their mind, is morally correct. On one side we have people who see the Confederacy as a symbol of hatred and racism; and on the other we have people who claim that the eradication of these flags and monuments is an attempt to erase history. But who’s right? After all, if we remove these monuments we aren’t really erasing history since we can surely still read about this stuff in history books. These monuments that are increasingly being displaced are seen by many as bigoted and disgusting, a symbol of slavery and oppression. But is this an accurate summation of these effigies that so many Southerners adamantly and unabashedly stand for? Is it really as simple as saying that…

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