1. Were Southern politicians more or ...

1. Were Southern politicians more or less likely to own slaves than other white Southerners?

Ans-I agree with this fact.Politicians, many of them wealthy and slave-owners, were used as the example or model for the Southern population, when in fact the average Southerner lived day to day and could not afford to purchase another human being for $500-$1,500.

2. Were higher level politicians more likely to own slaves than other politicians?

Ans-Higher level politicians actually owned highest number of slaves then other white southerners.Here is a fact about government officials who owns slaves.About 53% County government officials, 68% State legislators and 83% Delegates to secession conventions had slaves,so the data revealed that higher level politicians had more slaves.

3. What do these facts suggest to you about the nature of the Southern political system?

It represents actually slavery based political system which emphasized lower motivation towards humanity and unequal society structure. According to Cooper(author of The South and the Politics of Slavery: 1828-1856) to prosper in the South, a political party needed to present itself as a champion of Southern honor and protector of Southern interests, especially slavery.

4. How uniform were the proportion of slaves in the population and the proportion of whites owning slave across the South?

In few southern states like South Carolina and Georgia, the proportion of the slaves relative to the total population is pretty high but also in some states they still remains relatively low. This same this applies to owning slaves in white families.

5. Was there a relationship between the number of slaves in a state's population and whether and when it seceded from the Union?

There is some relation between the state population and the slaves which does differ from union to initial states to secede.

6. What material advantages did the North possess on the eve of the Civil War?

When we analyze the datas from the chart we can see that the north had all kinds of advantages than the south. The North had a larger proportion of infrastructure, financial, population, and financial resources.

7. Do you think material advantages are decisive in the outcome of wars? Why or why not?

it's clear that the northeast had the most resources towards the war, so it was crystal clear that north is going to win the battle.

8. Why did troop strength peak in 1863?

There is not enough data to answer this question.

9. Do you think that the differences in troop strength were responsible for the war's outcome?   

Of course it's a big factor because its what determines the winning side.

10. How does the cost of the Civil War--in casualties and expense--compare to the cost of other American wars?

The Civil war is deffinately one of the most costly and bloody wars which did cost lots of lives all over the country.

11. Why do you think that the Civil War was so lethal?

Because the number of people that lost, were from both sides. One side was fighting for their way of life, and their freedom, which is why they were fighting so hard.

12. What was the radical Republican program for reconstructing the Union?

Ans- Free school, free church, and free community events to develop a great community for the future. Also to give anyone whose estate was worth up to 10,000 dollars two acres of farm land in quanity.

13. What were the goals of the radical Republican program?

To prohibit slavery, define national citizenship, add rights to hold public office, and prohibit denial to vote based on race, color, or previous servitude.

14. Why was the program unacceptable to President Andrew Johnson?

   These program voted by president because his mindset wasn't radicaly.

15. Why do you think the North failed to follow through with policies that would have secured the rights and economic status of the freedmen?

   Because they were scared to know what would happen once they gave up their "help" of the slaves and to have blacks as equals to themselves.

16. What were the major political and social achievements of Reconstruction?

Many people knew that equal rights to all was the best thing to do, the right thing. Even still, many people were uneasy about the slaves being equal and this caused a major controversy.