Hist 2300 ttu Stoll Questions And
Answers.
What is the author’s background? - Answer the author is currently a professor at a college in
new England but was raised in the south (Florida) his family members were participants in the
civil war and fought on the side of the confederacy he was raised believing that the cause of the
civil war was that the north was denying the south STATES RIGHTS
How did he come to write this book? - Answer he wrote this book after he read a letter from
Stephen f. hale to the governor of Kentucky that challenged him to rethink why the civil war
came to be/why the south wanted to secede was it not just states’ rights? was it also connected
to white supremacy? and racism?
How has the issue of the causes of the civil war played out in recent events? - Answer Recent
events such as the decision on whether or not to put up a Robert e lee statue, confederacy
history month, and a professor telling old miss students not to wave the confederate flag cause
us to think about the two opposing sides whether the civil war was for states rights or whether
or not is was a horrible war that should not be remembered due to slavery issues, the fact of
the matter is that their are two different answers on why the civil war started and their is no
wrong or write answer
Two states wrote preambles to their secession ordinances and four states issued declarations of
the causes for secession; what was the primary reason they gave for seceding? - Answer
they wanted to secede because they believed that the union or the north was trying to ruin
them by taking away their economic growth that was powered by slavery, the north wanted to
free the slaves, thus the souths economic status would crumble so it ultimately came down to
the south just wanted to keep their slaves, so they didn't really care about states rights they just
wanted to keep their slaves
How did President Jefferson Davis's inaugural address and Vice President Alexander Stephens's
"cornerstone speech" differ? - Answer Davis never mentioned slavery he just said that the
reason for the souths secession was ONLY over states rights /// on the other hand vp stephens
said that slavery was the cause of the souths secession that slaves were not equal to white men
and that they were supposed to serve them
After the civil war what did Davis and Stephens give as the primary cause of the war? - Answer
after they lost the civil war they both went on to say that ONLY states rights was the cause of
the war they did not mention slavery
Who were the secession commissioners and why are their speeches and writings important for
the question of the cause of the civil war? - Answer the secession of commissioners was
made up of 52 southern men who set out to spread the news of why the south was seceding,
and wanted to convince other slave states to join them, they cut to the chase and said that the
reason for the souths secession was that they didn't want to partake in black republican rule
Answers.
What is the author’s background? - Answer the author is currently a professor at a college in
new England but was raised in the south (Florida) his family members were participants in the
civil war and fought on the side of the confederacy he was raised believing that the cause of the
civil war was that the north was denying the south STATES RIGHTS
How did he come to write this book? - Answer he wrote this book after he read a letter from
Stephen f. hale to the governor of Kentucky that challenged him to rethink why the civil war
came to be/why the south wanted to secede was it not just states’ rights? was it also connected
to white supremacy? and racism?
How has the issue of the causes of the civil war played out in recent events? - Answer Recent
events such as the decision on whether or not to put up a Robert e lee statue, confederacy
history month, and a professor telling old miss students not to wave the confederate flag cause
us to think about the two opposing sides whether the civil war was for states rights or whether
or not is was a horrible war that should not be remembered due to slavery issues, the fact of
the matter is that their are two different answers on why the civil war started and their is no
wrong or write answer
Two states wrote preambles to their secession ordinances and four states issued declarations of
the causes for secession; what was the primary reason they gave for seceding? - Answer
they wanted to secede because they believed that the union or the north was trying to ruin
them by taking away their economic growth that was powered by slavery, the north wanted to
free the slaves, thus the souths economic status would crumble so it ultimately came down to
the south just wanted to keep their slaves, so they didn't really care about states rights they just
wanted to keep their slaves
How did President Jefferson Davis's inaugural address and Vice President Alexander Stephens's
"cornerstone speech" differ? - Answer Davis never mentioned slavery he just said that the
reason for the souths secession was ONLY over states rights /// on the other hand vp stephens
said that slavery was the cause of the souths secession that slaves were not equal to white men
and that they were supposed to serve them
After the civil war what did Davis and Stephens give as the primary cause of the war? - Answer
after they lost the civil war they both went on to say that ONLY states rights was the cause of
the war they did not mention slavery
Who were the secession commissioners and why are their speeches and writings important for
the question of the cause of the civil war? - Answer the secession of commissioners was
made up of 52 southern men who set out to spread the news of why the south was seceding,
and wanted to convince other slave states to join them, they cut to the chase and said that the
reason for the souths secession was that they didn't want to partake in black republican rule
