1. What was the primary function of the commissioners? Who appointed the first commissioners and why? The primary function of the commissioners was to convince the other slave states to join them in secession. “… five states of the lower South-Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana-appointed commissioners to other slave states and instructed them to spread the secessionist message across the entire region” (17) “Mississippi and Alabama commissioners were appointed by the governor and thus took the field first.” (17) Only these two were appointed by the governor and the other states, South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana, commissioners were appointed by the secession conventions. (17)
2. How did the commissioners attempt to fulfill their mission? Cite specific examples of their activities, naming the specific individuals. The commissioners went to the different states and spoke to the public. (17) “They addressed state legislatures, they spoke before state conventions called to consider the question of secession, they took the platform before crowds in meeting halls and in the streets, and they wrote letters to governors …show more content…
With the words of the commissioners in mind, what, in your opinion, was the underlying or root cause of the Civil War? And, yet, what does the magazine Mississippi call the Civil War, and what conclusion can you draw for the magazines position? In my opinion, the big root that caused the Civil War was the threat of taking away the majority of the Southern economy away. If they were to have no more slaves, they wouldn’t have the man power to run the plantations themselves. Getting rid of slavery also meant that they were losing money because they paid for them and were going to have to free them. Though Lincoln did The magazine Mississippi called the Civil War “The War of Northern Aggression.” (9) The conclusion I drew from the magazine’s position is they were showing how the South was the victim of this whole
2. How did the commissioners attempt to fulfill their mission? Cite specific examples of their activities, naming the specific individuals. The commissioners went to the different states and spoke to the public. (17) “They addressed state legislatures, they spoke before state conventions called to consider the question of secession, they took the platform before crowds in meeting halls and in the streets, and they wrote letters to governors …show more content…
With the words of the commissioners in mind, what, in your opinion, was the underlying or root cause of the Civil War? And, yet, what does the magazine Mississippi call the Civil War, and what conclusion can you draw for the magazines position? In my opinion, the big root that caused the Civil War was the threat of taking away the majority of the Southern economy away. If they were to have no more slaves, they wouldn’t have the man power to run the plantations themselves. Getting rid of slavery also meant that they were losing money because they paid for them and were going to have to free them. Though Lincoln did The magazine Mississippi called the Civil War “The War of Northern Aggression.” (9) The conclusion I drew from the magazine’s position is they were showing how the South was the victim of this whole