Question

Choose two specific political figures from the fate of their country and explain, based on their actions and ideas, how they either helped push the country toward civil war or pulled the country away from the brink.

Answer 1

The issues of slavery and states rights, often from a sectional viewpoint that concentrates on the ideasand statements of the press, citizens and abolitionist ... War was the result. Politicians fanned the flames for their own benefit. The Fate of their Country is one of the few books to expressly look at thesepolitical maneuvers