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In "A Tree is Best Measured When It's Down," the author discusses the way in which FDR uses Lincoln to get through the Depression. How do you think he accomplishes this and do you think political leaders might still use Lincoln and his presidency to think about political matters today or was this only something that might have been beneficial during the 1930s because of its close proximity to the Civil War and the time of Lincoln's presidency? -avanness | In "A Tree is Best Measured When It's Down," the author discusses the way in which FDR uses Lincoln to get through the Depression. How do you think he accomplishes this and do you think political leaders might still use Lincoln and his presidency to think about political matters today or was this only something that might have been beneficial during the 1930s because of its close proximity to the Civil War and the time of Lincoln's presidency? -avanness | ||
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| + | The piece "Shaping Public Memory of the Civil War" written by Gary W. Gallagher raises numerous important questions about the ways Confederate general Jubal A. Early and historian Douglass Freeman influenced the way Americans have understood the Confederacy and the Civil War. Why did Early and Freeman write about Lee so frequently? Also how did Early and Freeman shape the literature about the Confederacy and public understanding of Lee? -Nick J | ||
