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How would someone exposed only to the white supremacist view of Reconstruction likely understand and remember the Civil War and its aftermath?

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The Civil War in American Memory, reconciliation meant the pushing aside by whites of the major issues of race and suffrage. Southern whites were effective for many years at having their version of history accepted, especially as it was confirmed in ensuing decades by influential historians of the Dunning School at Columbia University and other institutions.

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