Connect to Self
I will pick George Washington, because he was not just the founding father of our nation and the first president of the United States, but he risked his life when he was just a teenager during the Revolutionary War.
Important People of the Civil War
What do most of these leaders have in common?
Most of the were graduated from West Point and Mexican War veteran.
Which side seemed to have the more stable leadership? Explain your answer.
I think the North does because Jefferson Davis didn't like politic and he didn't really want to be the leader.
How is good leadership important in any conflict?
It is very important because if you don't have a good leader, even if your army is the best but you will still lose the battle because the leader doesn't know how to lead the army.
Other Influential Leaders
John Brown: He led a small group of militant (warlike) abolitionists and killed five pro-slavery settlers in the violent vote known as "Bleeding Kansas". 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".While Southerners were outraged at his actions, abolitionists in the North considered him a hero.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: she wrote a novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which lit both sides of the nation on fire. 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.” Her novel did dramatically divide the nation by turning up the heat against slavery in the North and deeply angering the South
Dred Scott: He was a slave who lived in Missouri where the Missouri Compromise allowed slavery. He lived as a free man after his owner Dr. John Emerson took him to a place where slavery were prohibited. He refused to be a slave after Dr. Emerson died and his wife claimed that Dred was her property. His case, Dred Scott v. Sandford, was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court where the final decision became known as the Dred Scott Decision. Chief Justice Roger B Taney said, “A black man had no rights a white man was bound to respect.” This made the North furious and the South were overjoyed, which also divided the nation.