... with complete accuracy and detail. Selznick had hugely romantic conceptions of the antebellum region, most notably the Tara set, Scarlett's family and spiritual home. When designing the sets, researchers consulted period photographs particularly for the 1864 Atlanta set, whereas the Tara set was more free to the producers imagination. Despite the novels depiction of Tara being a fairly ordinary home, as opposed ... (even if they have not seen the film personally) that Gone with the wind's timeless success cannot be attributed to one solitary factor, but to a combination of aspects over ...

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... southern states that followed, provide the legal changes necessary for African Americans to enter the political arena as full participants for the first time and ushered in the period of Reconstruction. During this period, African American males achieved the right to register and vote, and they were elected and appointed to public office in significant numbers. African American women, like women generally ... ...

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... racism. It is true that at least one of Lincoln's speeches is replete with the word "nigger" to which his constituents would not find that offensive in that period of time. However this idea can be contradicted by his stance that slavery was a morally wrong institution stating "You do not mean color exactly? – You mean the whites ... ...

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