As it was and one of about 10 reasons. I like to say that the states had been married for so long that they could not agree on anything anymore, so it was time for a divorce. They couldn't even agree on certain aspects of redoing the Capitol in 1861 which by the way was done with slave labor. :)
About 5 million Texas schoolchildren will get their hands on brand-new social studies textbooks when school starts up again, the Houston Chronicle reports—textbooks that USA Today says are "misleading, racially prejudiced, and, at times, flat-out false." The beef with the new primers: They're in keeping with state education standards adopted in 2010 that gloss over slavery as the main impetus for the Civil War, instead placing it as a peripheral factor behind "sectionalism" and "states' rights," reports the Washington Post.
Slavery was merely a "side issue to the Civil War," one member of the state's board of education said when the standards—which include Moses and Solomon as prime influencers in the founding of our country—were greenlit in 2010.
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It's good to teach the truth.
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DeleteIn five years, Texas will substantially separate herself from the second highest ranked State.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what you are referring to......?
DeleteWe will be teaching our children the truth. This is a beginning.
DeleteGreat and thanks.
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