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The Fight to End Slavery
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Myth #1: The Civil War was the first argument over slavery. Myth #2: The Civil War was fought over slavery. Myth #3: The U.S. was the only country to allow slavery before the Civil War. Myth #4: Before the Civil War all Blacks were slaves and all slaves were black. Myth #5: All people in the north wanted to end slavery. Myth #6: All people in the south wanted slavery. Myth #7: All black people who fought in the Civil War fought for the north. Myth #8: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all black people. Myth #9: After the Civil War all black men had the right to vote. Myth #10: At the end of Civil War all Blacks and Whites were treated as equals. |
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The Civil War was a very
important part of the Civil Rights Movement. Most people know the battles and
the generals, but they don’t understand why it was fought. They know it
stopped slavery in the U.S. but they don’t know how this happened. There are
many myths about why the Civil War was fought and how slaves were freed. Click
below to find out the truth about each of the top ten myths about the Civil War.
