1. Topic: The “Lost” Cause
Mike McCabe

2. Thesis Statement
Although the Union won the Civil War, it was merely a battle in the longer war of perception that raged between the North and the South long after the final shots rang out in the Civil War. And unlike the Civil War, the South would win this War for nearly 100 years.

3. Your Body Paragraphs on the following slides
The following slides should follow the this format;
Point/Evidence in paragraph
The evidence you present in the paragraph that defends your thesis.
Your own analysis
Why does this defend your thesis
Source
Where did you get your evidence from
Why is your source reliable?

4. Body Paragraph 1 Point/Evidence: The Definition of “Lost Cause”
Analysis: The Lost Cause was the systematic attempt by the South to change the perception of the war in its aftermath. It’s success allowed Antebellum America to persevere despite the Confederacy’s loss.
Source: The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
Why is it valid: Dr. Gary W. Gallagher, Professor at Corcoran University whose specialty is Civil War History having published 14 books on the Civil War.

5. Paragraph 2
Point/Evidence : The South’s development of the Lost Cause after the war.
Analysis: The South was justified in dissolving what is considered a voluntary union. The Federal government became to powerful and began to infringe upon States Rights.
Source: Edward A. Pollard (1866)
Why: Was a well known journalist who was the first one to articulate the concept of the Lost Cause

6. Paragraph 3
Point/Evidence : How we know the south won the perception battle.
Evidence: Edgecomb County monument “Defenders of State Sovereignty”
Analysis: North Carolina alone is home to 100 civil war monuments, few address the ideological stakes. Southern consistently shift
Source: Commemorative landscapes of North Carolina Thomas brown
Why: Sponsored by the University of North Carolina

7. Conclusion
Summary of your conclusion.