What are three events that occurred between 1857 and 1859 that facilitated southern secession?
complete splintering of the republican party in 1858
the abraham lincoln-stephen douglas debates
rejection of the lecompton
constitution by buchanan lincoln's election as president of the united states
the dred scott decision by the supreme court
raid on harper's ferry by abolitionist john brown

Poem: the barn how does frankau try to strip the glamour from war? what might the date of the poem have to do with the feelings it expressed ?

"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.

Select all that appl, characteristics of julius caesar's rule. 1. gave women the right to vote 2. made himself dictator for life 3. the poor 4. gave members of the senate more power