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The Lost Cause Argument
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
May 6, 2023
Words
1012

“This is a view of history that attempts to paint the Confederacy and its role in the American Civil War in the best possible light. It emerged sometime after the war, when southerners were trying to recover from the damage of the war and rationalize why it was fought. The ‘lost cause’ means that…”

Lynch
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
March 8, 2022
Words
588

“A ‘lynching,’ or ‘to lynch someone,’ is an illegal killing by a group. So when a mob executes someone, that’s called a lynching, regardless of the method. We often associate lynching with hanging, as that’s very common, but it’s not required. It’s also not technically required to be related to…”