Group #2: The Civil War

A) Identify the southern US states during the Civil War
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana. Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee.

B) Who was the US president who proclaimed war against the South?
Abraham Lincoln

C) Why was the civil war fought?
Due to moral values
-Manliness
-Godliness
-Duty
-Honor
Race
The northern states did not support slavery, and because of this the southern slave states, who supported it, declared their secession from the United States, forming the Confederate States of America, fighting for their independence.

D) When was this war fought?

The civil war was fought on April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865

E)What was the outcome of the war?
As rebuilding progresses, The thirteenth amendment is ratified.
Many people are tried and executed or imprisoned for war crimes like assassinations.
Slavery in the South has stopped, and slaves were all freed.

F)How does the Civil War relate to TKAM?

The civil war was fought due to Americans having different opinions on slavery. Some thought white people were superior and deserved having other races serve them. This is also evident in TKAM, as the white people were prejudiced against black people. Black people were not allowed to sit with the whites, and there was the widespread opinion that black people were always up to no good. To quote the book “any black person cannot be trusted around our women”. This quote shows the prejudice the whites have towards the black. The prejudice is further accented when Atticus asks the question “Have none of you looked at a woman with desire?”. This shows the white people were prejudiced, as they themselves had done what they thought all black people would do.

I think the Civil War and Mississippi Burning are quite similar. There were conflicts due to racial equality and equality of all man. A reason the civil war was fought was because of inequality of races in some states. The white in those states felt that they were more superior and hence should deserve having other races serving them. Similarly, in Mississippi Burning, there were many conflicts between the white and the black. The movie shows the blacks being discriminated and were often attacked by the Ku Klux Klan who wanted to restore white supremacy. I feel that all man should be treated equally regardless of their race or religion and that these conflicts could be avoided if different races could understand each other better.