very . ▁ ▁The ▁Lost ▁C ause ▁was ▁widely ▁taught ▁in ▁schools ▁across ▁the ▁South . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁became ▁a ▁key ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁recon c ili ation ▁process ▁between ▁North ▁and ▁South ▁around ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁thereby ▁re unit ing ▁the ▁white ▁South ▁with ▁the ▁main stream ▁national ▁interest . ▁The ▁Lost ▁C ause ▁became ▁the ▁main ▁way ▁that ▁White ▁Southern ers ▁comm emor ated ▁the ▁war . ▁The ▁United ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁the ▁Confeder acy ▁by ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁became ▁the ▁major ▁organization ▁prom oting ▁the ▁Lost ▁C ause . ▁Histor ian ▁Caroline ▁E . ▁Jan ney ▁states : ▁ ▁Prov iding ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁relief ▁to ▁white ▁Southern ers ▁who ▁fe ared ▁being ▁d ish on ored ▁by ▁defeat , ▁the ▁Lost ▁C ause ▁was ▁largely ▁accepted ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁following ▁the ▁war ▁by ▁white ▁Americans ▁who ▁found ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁useful ▁tool ▁in ▁recon cil ing ▁North ▁and ▁South . ▁ ▁The ▁Lost ▁C ause ▁belief ▁has ▁several ▁histor ically ▁in ac cur ate ▁elements . ▁These ▁include ▁claim ing ▁that ▁the ▁reason ▁the ▁Confeder acy ▁started ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁was ▁to ▁defend ▁state ' s ▁rights ▁rather ▁than ▁to ▁preserve ▁sla very , ▁or ▁claim ing ▁that ▁sla very ▁was ▁bene vol ent , ▁rather ▁than ▁cruel . ▁ ▁Cold ▁War ▁▁ ▁As ▁soon ▁as ▁the ▁" C old ▁War " ▁began ▁about ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁conflict