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== General denials ==

== General denials ==

The following truths about history are typically denied by liberal history textbooks:

The following truths about history are typically denied by liberal history textbooks:

#That NO "[[triangular trade]]" existed in the 17th and 18th centuries with the New World<ref>In fact, no specific "triangular" trade route has ever been identified and it is unlikely that there was significant sale of goods to Africa at that time.  The term was invented by an historian more than 100 years later.</ref>

#That NO "[[triangular trade]]" existed in the 17th and 18th centuries with the New World<ref>In fact, no specific "triangular" trade route has ever been identified and it is unlikely that there was significant sale of goods to Africa at that time.  The term was invented by an historian more than 100 years later.</ref>

#That the [[Catholic Church]] has a history of promoting science, not suppressing it.

#That the [[Catholic Church]] has a history of promoting science, not suppressing it.

#That as an Intelligence agency, CIA was crucial for the Free world to defeat communism and their agents made huge sacrifices to defend our freedom.

#That as an Intelligence agency, CIA was crucial for the Free world to defeat Communism and their agents made huge sacrifices to defend our freedom.

#That America's involvement in World War II was the key to ending the Great Depression.

#That America's involvement in World War II was the key to ending the Great Depression.

== General bias ==

== General bias ==

#Standard textbooks mislead students into thinking that contributions to history were somehow based more on status than by effort or Providence.  This bias is a form of [[Essay:Status Worship|status worship]].

#Standard textbooks mislead students into thinking that contributions to history were somehow based more on status than by effort or Providence.  This bias is a form of [[Essay:Status Worship|status worship]].

#Standard textbooks emphasize material things (like race, gender, wealth, scarcity) at the expense of the more important role played by ideas and "the power of the pen."

#Standard textbooks emphasize material things (like race, gender, wealth, scarcity) at the expense of the more important role played by ideas and "the power of the pen."

== Specific truths that history books deny or distort==

== Specific truths that history books deny or distort==

#[[Rhode Island]] was the only state to separate church and state, and it became the biggest importer of slaves.<ref>"The largest slave trading ports in America were located in Rhode Island and soon rivaled those of Liverpool. The wealth and economy of New England was based solely on slave trading and exporting rum; and the southern most colonies were NOT part of that odious slave trade."[https://web.archive.org/web/20100213175939/http://www.floridareenactorsonline.com/realslavetraders.htm]</ref>

#[[Rhode Island]] was the only state to separate church and state, and it became the biggest importer of slaves.<ref>"The largest slave trading ports in America were located in Rhode Island and soon rivaled those of Liverpool. The wealth and economy of New England was based solely on slave trading and exporting rum; and the southern most colonies were NOT part of that odious slave trade."[https://web.archive.org/web/20100213175939/http://www.floridareenactorsonline.com/realslavetraders.htm]</ref>

#[[Thomas Jefferson]] was not as successful or important as liberals claim;<ref>For example, Jefferson was given a wealthy estate but died in substantial debt.</ref> He failed personally and as president, especially in his second term.

#[[Thomas Jefferson]] was not as successful or important as liberals claim;<ref>For example, Jefferson was given a wealthy estate but died in substantial debt.</ref> He failed personally and as president, especially in his second term.

#[[Chivalry]] was customary throughout most of American history.

#[[Chivalry]] was customary throughout most of American history.

#The greatest corruption in government during the Grant Administration was by the Democratic-controlled "[[Tammany Hall]]."

#The greatest corruption in government during the Grant Administration was by the Democrat-controlled [[Tammany Hall]].

#The misnamed "[[Gilded Age]]" generated tremendous prosperity for some, thanks to an absence of stifling regulation.

#The misnamed "[[Gilded Age]]" generated tremendous prosperity for some, thanks to an absence of stifling regulation.

#[[Public school]] education in its current form in the U.S.A. is less than 100 years old.

#[[Public school]] education in its current form in the U.S.A. is less than 100 years old.

#[[Atheist]] materialism lay behind the genocidal crimes of the [[Nazi]]s

#[[Atheist]] materialism lay behind the genocidal crimes of the [[Nazi]]s.

#[[Martin Luther King]] was not a democrat.

#[[Martin Luther King]] was not a Democrat.

#[[Lenin]] was a ruthless and violent dictator who oppressed the people of the [[Soviet Union]] almost as thoroughly as [[Stalin]].

#[[Lenin]] was a ruthless and violent dictator who oppressed the people of the [[Soviet Union]] almost as thoroughly as [[Stalin]].

#[[Nazism]], with its insistence on the collective, was a [[left-wing]] doctrine.

#[[Nazism]], with its insistence on the collective, was a [[left-wing]] doctrine.

== References ==

== References ==

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[[Category:United States History Essays]]

[[Category:United States History Essays]]

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