American History's Biggest Fibs The American Civil War /

In the second program of this three-part series, Lucy Worsley debunks the myths behind the American Civil War. At the Lincoln Memorial, she explains that the civil war pitted the "free" North against slave-owning Confederate states in the South, but Abraham Lincoln's personal views an...

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Other Authors: Infobase,, BBC (Firm)
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC, [2019]
Distributed by Infobase,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (48 min., 17 sec)) : sound, color.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: American History's Biggest Fibs: The American Civil War (2:22);
  • Lincoln Memorial (2:28);
  • Slaveowners under Threat (3:12);
  • Civil War Erupts (4:13);
  • Turning the War (2:19);
  • Music in War (4:37);
  • Lincoln's Assassination (5:51);
  • After the Civil War (3:42);
  • Convict Leasing (2:54);
  • "The Birth of a Nation" (4:29);
  • Civil Rights Movement (3:19);
  • Racial Tensions Continue (8:09);
  • Credits: American History's Biggest Fibs: The American Civil War (0:35);