50 points 1. The roles of significant individuals:

Jefferson Davis–the President of the Confederacy
Ulysses S. Grant–the most significant Union General responsible for ultimate victory
Robert E. Lee–the most significant Confederate general
Abraham Lincoln–the President of the Union

2. Significant Events:

Ft. Sumter–the first battle (1861)
the Emancipation Proclamation–President Lincoln's order that all slaves in rebelling territories would be free (January 1863)
the Battle of Gettysburg–the turning point of the war (July 1863)
the Battle of Vicksburg (July 1863)
the Appomattox Court House (April 1865)
the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (April 1865)
the Gettysburg Address
Type your results using proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Your report should be 500 words in length and list your sources at the end.

What misguided strategy caused lord william howe and the british to fail?

"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.

3. describe a situation in which a government has a great deal of power but does not have political authority. then explain whether you think the rule of law would likely be respected under such a government.