50 Things You Should Know About the Civil War YA Classics " "The Road Not Taken

" "The Road Not Taken

From first concepts to first words

Drawing on a range of traditions

Striking in its simplicity and grace

At the end

50 Things You Should Know About the Civil War YA Classics " "The Road Not TakenIn 1860, the North and the South of the United States were very different societies. The North had abolished slavery in the early 19th century, while the South still relied on slaves to work on its farms and plantations. The first chapter will set the scene, showing how simmering tensions over the right to keep slaves in the new states that were being founded as the country pushed westwards eventually erupted into war following the election of the pro