Ken Burns : The Civil War - The Cause (1861).
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[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015.
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1 online resource (9 video files, approximately 100 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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Originally produced by PBS in 1990.
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Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton Kingdom of the South to the northern abolitionists who opposed it. Here are the burning questions of Union and States’ rights, John Brown at Harper’s Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, the firing on Fort Sumter and the jubilant rush to arms on both sides. Along the way the series’ major figures are introduced: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and a host of lesser-known but equally vivid characters. The episode comes to a climax with the disastrous Union defeat at Manassas, Virginia, where both sides now learn it is to be a very long war.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Burns, K. (2015). Ken Burns: The Civil War - The Cause (1861) . Kanopy Streaming.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Burns, Ken, 1953-. 2015. Ken Burns: The Civil War - The Cause (1861). Kanopy Streaming.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Burns, Ken, 1953-. Ken Burns: The Civil War - The Cause (1861) Kanopy Streaming, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Burns, Ken. Ken Burns: The Civil War - The Cause (1861) Kanopy Streaming, 2015.

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