Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant are known as the two great generals of the Civil War. 1. What traits did they exhibit?

Robert E. Lee

Robert lee was a fighter and very observant Lee persistently attacked McClellan’s army and became victorious. Lee used surprise and an ability to read the opponents mind as an advantage over the enemy. Lee commanded with fairness, and courage. Lee was a tough leader who was a strategist and overall one of the best leaders in the war. Even when the south lost he didn’t swear or get angry he was noble and that was one of his best qualities.

Ulysses S. Grant

Was a quiet small fellow just out killed and out dueled his opponents. Eventually became President of United States. Was general Lincoln was looking for. Grant was hard to intimidate and scare he was tough and soft spoken. He constantly attacked his enemy he did not quit and did not conserve men.

2. What personality traits make a good leader?

I think that good leaders need courage, war strategy, confidence, and the ability to lead an army. People like Robert Lee had good strategy a way to lead his men with confidence. You need to find ways to kill more and have less of your men killed from hiding finding cover, location, and just out gunning.

3. What factors it difficult for Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation even though he was personally against slavery?

Abraham Lincoln didn’t want to disrupt and even more anger the southern states with the attempt to outlaw slavery. He did not want to side with the north and in a way depart the south. Doing that would have even more started a conflict with the south. Even though he disliked slavery he would rather at the time he would rather not disrupt the north and south even more. His promises of that the war and everything could end with both sides happy did not come true and creating the Emancipation Proclamation would disrupt the nation more.

4. Did he fear that freeing the slaves would mean the dissolution of the union?

Yes he believed that with the end of slavery in the south could mean the dissolution of the nation and to an even bigger seperation in the south. With the slave revolution in the south and their anger with the election of Abraham Lincoln making a controversial move that is based on the whole war would create even more of an issue between the south rebellion and the north union.

 

5. Who were the abolitionists?

Some northerners were known as the abolitionists who were against slavery. They would rather break the law than return the escapee slaves back to their owners when the southerners created the Fugitive Slave Law. The abolitionists were known for their strong hatred of slavery. Tough some white northerners were against their northern abolitionists and thought they were just stirring up trouble. The northern abolitionists wanted to totally eliminate slavery and wrote hate letters to slave owners. People like Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe and William Garrison were all key abolitionists during that time.

 

 

 6. Where and when did the movement begin?

The first Emancipation Proclamation began on September 22, 1862 and was meant to free slaves in all the states in America. It was signed by Abraham Lincoln and was signed in America.

7. How has this week’s episode helped you to understand the Civil War better?

I learned this week on the movies that during the civil War the generals of their units were a key part in the success of their territory. In other words the generals had to display their war skills and tactics to out duel their opponents. Great and clever generals like Robert Lee could out smart and out gun their men even if outnumbered. The generals had responsibility of many many men and if one side had great and numerous generals and could easily out dueled their foe the war would have been lopsided.