“...it’s inexcusable to continue teaching this part of US history this way.”
Indeed.
Ever notice (at least in pub[l]ic school since the ‘60s) that this is the ONLY time, per your history classes, that the “United States” (such as it is) was perfectly moral & correct?
It’s also the only time in our collective history that Democrats today think the US (again, such as it was) was perfectly correct in its actions. The only time they side uniformly with a “Republican”.
All that in itself makes me suspicious.
To your #516 (while I’m working in the HTML sandbox for italics).
That is a correlation I have made as of late. Everything the Dums do makes me suspicious!