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Causes of the Civil War

The American Civil War and particularly its causes are some of the most controversial topics interpreters face at cultural and historic sites today. When visitors approach interpreters with questions and challenges to the meaning of the Civil War, often times the interpreter is left searching for words. Many of the misconceptions regarding the causes of the Civil War stem from the memory-making period immediately following the war's end. The North and South sought to come together and reconstruct not only the American South, but the memory of the war itself into a national narrative for unification. As an interpreter, you face the tough challenge of combining evolving scholarship, primary evidence, and your resources to help visitors better understand the complexities underlying the American Civil War. By returning to the root documents and words of the men and women who brought about the war, we can better understand why the conflict erupted, and the reasons 620,000 American lost their lives.

U.S. National Park Service

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Park History Division, Code: PHD

Legacy NPS Focus Record ID : 455013

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