Confederate Monuments Dbq

In the south, in places such as Charlottesville, VA, there are monuments and statues up all over cities and towns, these are racist statues that illustrate a dark part of American history. These monuments were statues of confederate soldiers and confederate officers that fought to keep slavery alive. In the North in places like New York there are statues of a man that some believe is a great man, but overall he caused another bad part of American history. These statues of Christopher Columbus were put up to celebrate the man that “discovered America” but this man also took America away from its indigenous people, the Native Americans. Columbus monuments and Confederate monuments should both be taken down across the country. Some of these monuments should be destroyed and some should be removed and placed in history museums because they are a part of American history, but all of these statutes should be taken down.
The intent of the Confederate monuments is to honor the soldiers and officers that fought in the civil war and to show this part of our history. The intent of the Christopher Columbus monuments is to celebrate the man who “discovered America” and brought

Lee representing racism and inequality in America. In document C “We should keep Confederate monuments” how people with different opinions on this matter are being violent towards each other over this topic. “White supremacy groups, including neo-Nazis, clashes with representatives of Antifa (anti-fascist) and others associated with the Black Lives Matter Cause.” In document C it also talks about why people think that we should keep the statues up, “These statues are reminders of our nation’s past, which, granted, is not always a source of pride. Many of us take issue with America’s history. But it is just that - history. Removing the symbols will not erase the the