Context of To Kill A Mockingbird

In what year was slavery abolished in America?

1865

What was one of the main causes of the American Civil War?

The people in the southern states wanted black people to remain slaves as they believed them to be inferior whilst the northern states wanted to free all slaves

Who were the original Ku Klux Klan?

A group of white men who had fought for the Confederate States of America

Why does Harper Lee describe Maycomb in such detail?

Harper Lee wants Maycomb to be…