Important People of the civil war
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The north leaders
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The south leaders
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What do most of these leaders have in common?
Most of the men graduated from West Point.
Most of the men graduated from West Point.
Which side seemed to have the more stable leadership?
The North because they had more well known leaders.
The North because they had more well known leaders.
How is good leadership important in any conflict?
Good leadership is important because incase you are in a tough situation, they will know how to handle it in the most responsable and mature way. Also, a good leader in a war will most likely bring victory.
Good leadership is important because incase you are in a tough situation, they will know how to handle it in the most responsable and mature way. Also, a good leader in a war will most likely bring victory.
Other important leaders:
John Brown-In the mid-1850s, John Brown led a small group of militant abolitionists and killed five proslavery settlers in the violent vote over slavery known as“Bleeding Kansas”. Three years later in 1859, John Brown led another band of men to capture the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to steal weapons for slave uprisings throughout the South. However, Robert E. Lee commanded federal troops who surrounded Harper’s Ferry and forced Brown to surrender. Brown was tried, found guilty of treason and sentenced to hang. At his execution, John Brown gave a note to his guard that stated, “I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged (cleansed or eliminated) away but with blood.”Brown’s story was told in newspapers, songs and plays, which further divided the nation. While Southerners were outraged at his actions, abolitionists in the North considered him a hero .Newspaper articles, songs, and plays throughout the country retold the story to the citizens.
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Harriet Stowe- Harriet Beecher Stowe published a novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which lit both sides of the nation on fire. For the first time, she exposed graphic details about slavery in the South in a shocking story about a slave named Uncle Tom who was beaten to death by his cruel master. Although a work of fiction, her book’s influence was so profound that its rumored President Lincoln greeted Harriet Beecher Stowe by saying, “So, you’re the little woman who started this big war.” Of course, this claim exaggerated the truth, but her novel did dramatically divide the nation by turning up the heat against slavery in the North and deeply angering the South.
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Dred Scott- A slave named Dred Scott who lived in Missouri where the Missouri Compromise allowed slavery. Scott’s master, an army doctor named Dr. John Emerson, took him to live in Illinois and Minnesota where slavery was prohibited. From 1834-1838, Dred Scott lived as a free man before he returned to Missouriwith Dr. Emerson. Shortly after, Dr.
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