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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2017

    1. John Kelly's claim that Civil War could've been prevented by compromise didn't come out of nowhere. Part of a larger mythos.

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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2017

        2. Kelly's thinking comes from a school of thought. Historians awkardly call it Reconciliationist Narrative. Let's call it Compromise Myth

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2017

        3. Key to Compromise Myth is its not just about origins of Civil War but a larger narrative of American history.

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      4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2017

        4. The core of Compromise Myth is there is no deep division in USA society that can't be solved by white elites making a deal.

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      5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2017

        5. Compromise Myth emerged out of not just Civil War but especially divisiveness of Reconstruction, which ended in Compromise of 1877.

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      6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2017

        6. As developed by scholars like Ulrich B. Phillips, William Dunning & Avery Craven, Compromise Myth dominated USA understanding of past

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      7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2017

        7. Outlines of Compromise: Slavery not so bad, abolitionists were extremists, Reconstruction was corrupt. White elites should've made a deal

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      8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2017

        8. At the heart of Compromise Myth was belief in black inferiority (because slavery not so bad). Here is bestselling 1930 textbookpic.twitter.com/Lsx3Gmw9ED

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      9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2017

        9. The Compromise Myth dominated education well into 20th century & via Ken Burns & Shelby Foote given new life in our time.

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      10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2017

        10. I go into power of Compromise Myth and why we need to keep fighting it here:https://newrepublic.com/article/145587/lets-relitigate-civil-war …

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      1. Kevin Brushett‏ @KTBrushett 1 Nov 2017
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        Firmly tied into the Consensus School of American history. United States born bereft of significant divisions, particularly class.

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