167k views
4 votes
After the war, why did some southerners argue that the war was not about slavery?

User Myrtlecat
by
3.8k points

1 Answer

5 votes

Answer:

In this way, the historiography of the Civil War is somewhat unique. Rarely in human history has a conflict’s losing side been lent such considerable say in how the textbooks remember it. As such, American social studies curricula have long been hobbled by one of the most pervasive myths in US history: that the Civil War was fought to preserve (or undermine) the spectral concept of “states’ rights.”

Step-by-step explanation:

User Bholanath
by
4.0k points