INDG 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: South Carolina State House, Civil War Era In Norway, White Southerners
9 Jun 2018
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Lecture 12 CONFEDERATE SYMBOLISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY U.S
I. Civil war Symbolism
II. “Lost Cause” Myth
III. Confederate Memorials
IV. Confederate Flags
New Unit: North America
June 27th 2015: Bree Newsome removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State
House, a few days after a man killed people during a bible study session
Newsome was arrested for "defacing monuments on state capital ground”
deeply political conflicts
origins back in the post war era
in the post war period, we saw the major effort by historians and southern sympathizers to re
interpret the meaning of the conflict and the confederacy itself.
WHAT’S IN A NAME
- Civil war: this term is the most common name in the north
idea that it was a war within a single nation
the attempted succession was in fact illegitimate
the term was the most common term used during the years of the conflict (1861-1865) but it was
not universal
- war for the Preservation of the Union
this term is often found in memorials in the North
it’s similar in meaning to civil war, it emphasizes the confederacy
- War Between the States
the idea of this term in contrast to civil war is the idea that the states were separate and distinct
distinct political entities/distinct nations
it was a war between nations, not within one nation
idea that the south was distinctive from the North
the term was used at the time of the War
it became the preferred name of the war in the South in the post war era.
it was pushed very aggressively by organizations like the United Confederate … and the United
Daughters of the Confederacy
- War of Northern Aggression
only used in the 1950s
“LOST CAUSE”
after the end of the war, the effort of people to re interpret the war was called the “lost cause”:
southern independence
- honour and chivalry
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Document Summary
Lecture 12 confederate symbolism in the contemporary u. s: civil war symbolism. June 27th 2015: bree newsome removed the confederate flag from the south carolina state. House, a few days after a man killed people during a bible study session. War for the preservation of the union this term is often found in memorials in the north it"s similar in meaning to civil war, it emphasizes the confederacy. War of northern aggression only used in the 1950s. Lost cause after the end of the war, the effort of people to re interpret the war was called the lost cause : southern independence. The birth of the nation celebrates the founding of the kkk. The president sponsored a screening of the movie at the white house. None of the political leadership suffered any punishment for treason violence only directed to african american sexual assault against black women was not recognized as a crime asymmetry in terms of sexual violence repercussion.
