Read and reflect on Higginbotham’s Letter on Confederate Statues, then answer the following 5 questions and share your answers with one another on the
discussion board. All of the answers can be found within Higginbotham’s’ letter. Using the answers you find, craft a factual and coherent essay (5 paragraphs
with an introduction, body, and conclusion) on a word doc as if you were telling a story about Blacks during the Civil War Era. Be sure to craft a thesis
statement in your introductory paragraph, and underline it. then submit your final exam essay to the Turnitin folder.
- Whose support of slavery led them to disavow their loyalty to the United States? Explain
- What is the evidence of that? Explain
- 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 - What statement(s) in Higginbotham’s letter ties the mission of the Civil War to that of the Revolutionary War?
- 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?
https://asalh.org/asalhs-position-on-confederate-monuments/