Raul Cevallos, a 2015 graduate of Texas Tech University, said he was taught at his Dallas-area high school that the war was caused by slavery. But he said a group he founded to create political awareness last year found that many young people are ignorant about history.
The group asked students three simple questions about the United States, including “Who won the Civil War?” for a video that later went viral online. “The Confederates,” answered one student. “The South,” said another. Others said they’re weren’t sure. But the same students answered questions about pop culture — “Who is married to Brad Pitt?” — correctly.