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Confederate Flag

            The Confederate flag first came out during the late1850's when the south decided to succeed from the United States of America. It represents the heritage and history of the south. They hung this flag as their nations flag in war against the United States. After the war the flag represented the shameful slavery and segregation of the south. In the 1950s and the 1960s they started hanging the flag up again on the state's Capitol buildings during the civil rights movements to show their southern tradition and to try to keep segregation. Today in some states the flag is still hung, and this should not be acceptable. .
             First off I don't think the flag should be hung because of what it represents now. Southerners during the Civil War and loyal southerners now say the flag has nothing to do with slavery or segregation that it represents the good old south. They good old south was But during the civil rights movements it was used as a hate symbol to the African Americans. To this day the Klu Klux Klan and many other hate groups use the flag. So hanging the flag in the south is like saying they represent the segregation of the civil right and the slavery of the civil war or that they support the hate groups like the Klan. Not allowing states to hang this flag could help eliminate some racism, because of the hate symbol the flag represents today. Hanging the flag up just pisses a lot people off. Yes I do agree that it means a lot to the southerners but they symbol of hate shows through more than anything else. .
             Secondly the Confederate flag is an enemy flag of the United States. Even though it represents the south it is still a flag of the enemy. Although the civil war was Americans vs. Americans the south succeeded from the United States, making themselves the Confederate States or America, causing a war that kept or nation together. I would almost consider that treason, because it represents a separation in our nation.


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1. Rhetorical Appeal Analysis of Confederate Flag Articles

... and the NAACP. Cloud makes a compromise with the opposing side which makes him seem more fair-minded and intelligent. His character becomes more credible to both sides of the Confederate Flag controversy. Ethos in the overall argument is the strongest and most effective rhetorical appeal. Cloud supports his argument with extrinsic ethos by using institutions and authoritative roles that deal directly ... rather attacks the credibility of the opposing side. A strong ethical appeal does not appear in the article until the fourth paragraph. At this point Rolen makes a fair concession that t...

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2. History of the Confederate Flag

... slavery and oppression of blacks. Anyone who is educated about the confederacy during the Civil War would tell you that this is not the case. In order to understand the Confederate Battle Flag, you must know its history, exactly how it is connected to the Klu Klux Klan, slavery, and the different types of flags that do not appear in the classrooms ... because he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as his Lord. He became the patron saint of Scotland, and it became a symbol for their national flag. The cross became the "x" on the Confederate Battle Flag partly because many southerners ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

3. Confederate Flag

... and Stripes? Take the crosses out of our churches? This would be as ludicrous as saying that because some hate groups have picked up the Confederate flag as their banner, it is strictly symbolic of hatred. In his essay, Cohen cites a quotation by Shelby Foote, a Southern author and historian ... bad symbol, but they would like it removed if keeping it aloft will cost the state economically. The universal reason given for bringing down the Confederate Battle Flag is that it has its roots in slavery, but "Old Glory" waved much longer over a land of human bondage. In fact, America ... we sho...

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  • Grade Level: High School

4. The Confederate Flag: An Inspiration to Ignorance

... all heard of disputes between those wanting to fly the Confederate flag, and those wanting it torn down and burned. We have also heard of people against the flag rioting and killing, and or hurting, many people in the process. In Richmond, there was talk for a time of removing all of the Confederate monuments honoring the thousands that died in the defense of their ... state. When the flag was raised above the South Carolina capital, the NAACP called for a boycott of tourism in the state, costing South Carolina tens of thousands in ... supremacy in the eyes of the general public. Ignor...

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  • Grade Level: High School

5. Southern Cross with a Cause

... , which was his goal since his days in Pop Warner football. In another case, a local Catholic church here in Lafayette will not allow the unfurling of any Confederate flag on its grounds when honoring the Confederate dead that are buried in its cemetery. The Bishop claims the flags are offensive to all parishioners. Never mind that the family of General Jean Jacques Alfred ... and uniformed. Why don't the NAACP and other political correctness groups care to mention these little known facts? Are they denying Blacks helped defend the Confederacy? By removing Confederate symbols, such as th...

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  • Grade Level: High School

6. Glory

... stripe is white. Within the blue square there are stars in the pattern of an X. The camera begins to switch more frequently between the confederate and union armies, symbolizing that the two opposing forces are getting closer to one another. The first battle of this movie takes place at Antietam ... Creek in Maryland on September 17, 1862. As the union soldiers emerge from the forest, the confederate soldiers open fire, propelled cannon balls into their midst. Shaw, points his sword forward to commence battle. As tree branches and dirt shower the troops ... see their leader shot down be...

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  • Grade Level: High School

7. A War of Words

... of superior imagery and diction, believable evidence, and critical analysis. Michael Alvear writes a very concise, clear and understandable essay. His title, "Confederate Flag "so un-Southern,"" is interesting enough to get the reader curious, but it lacks real pizzazz. Also the assuming and all-knowing ... tone the essay takes on in the first paragraph can be a real turn off to interested readers. "The answer to the Confederate flag controversy is so obvious - and so Southern - even Southerners sometimes can't see it."" The phrase "so obvious- distances the writer from all ... ideals of...

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8. Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz

... consequences of the Civil War. One of the crucial issues there is a high school rally where parents fight to keep the Rebel mascot and assert their right to display the Confederate flag. A woman at the rally tells Horwitz, "Slavery was not all that badA lot of people were quite happy to be living on large plantationsBlacks just need to get ... unfold after Freddie Morrow, an African American teenager shots a young white man 'for' displaying the Confederate flag. The controversy around the crime concerns the rights of Southerners to display the Confederate flag. The Confederate Flag repre...

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  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Grade Level: High School

9. An American Turning Point - The Battle of Gettysburg

... were completely wiped out while some of the Union soldiers tried to hide inside the resident's homes. Upon nightfall on July 1st, the Confederate flag was flying over the town of Gettysburg and it seemed as if the Union army had lost badly on the first day. Some residents ... defensive walls that were used in battle created cowards, but Dawes thought differently. Dawes wanted every advantage and protection he could get over the Confederate army. As the Iron Brigade was fortifying their position in Culps Hill, General Robert E. Lee gave Richard Ewell an order to overtake both Cemetery ....

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  • Approx Pages: 13
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  • Grade Level: High School

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