Problem
Read and reflect on Higginbotham's Letter on Confederate Statues, then answer the following 5 questions. Feel free to share your answers with one another on the discussion board and ask each other questions if you need to. All of the answers can be found within Higginbotham's' letter. Using the answers you find, craft a factual and coherent essay paragraphs with an introduction, body, and conclusion) on a word doc as if you were telling a story about the conflict between the North and South as it pertains to Blacks during the Civil War Era. Be sure to craft a thesis statement in your introductory paragraph, and underline it.
A. Whose support of slavery led them to disavow their loyalty to the United States? Explain
B. What is the evidence of that? Explain.
C. What is the difference between the Founding Father's motivations that led to the Revolutionary War and the Secessionist's motivations that led to the Civil War? Explain
D. What statement(s) in Higginbotham's letter ties the mission of the Civil War to that of the Revolutionary War?
E. Why did Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association of the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), offer praise to Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln, and what did Woodson suggest with respect to learning about them?