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1. They wanted to preserve the Union, they wanted to preserve state rights.
2. North had more advantages in fighting the war because they had a larger popuation, land area, railroad mileage, factories, industial workers, farmland, and livestock. On the contrary, the South had more experience in war since most Confederate states were involved in the Mexican War. The South held out for a while but slowely started falling behind in the war because of supply shortages.
3. They both applied themselves and when they set their minds to something it was accomplished. Lessons learned are: to never give up and good leadership qualities are admirable.
4. It was a brief 3-minute speech that talked about the importance of heroism and tragedy shared by both the North and the South. He wanted the people to realize that both the North and the South had both lost a lot and niether was better than the other.
5. They were unable to stop the Union because of shortages in supplies whereas the Union was proficiant in industrialization.

Ch. 15 questions

1. 1854
2. John Brown
3. Dred Scott
4. John Fremont
5. South Carolina
6. Jefferson Davis
7. Stephen Douglas
8. The northern Democrats supported Douglas for President in 1860, but the southern Democrats withheld support for Douglas. The South demanded that Douglas repudiate the Freeport Doctrine and support a federal slave law. The Douglas supporters pointed out that to do that would drive the northern Democrats into the Republican Party. SOURCE: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/In_1860_the_Democratic_Party_split_into_two_factions_on_the_issue_of
9. Harriet Breecher Stowe