From Holly Ly & Dawn Toomey:
From Tessa Newhouse:
1) People who owned slaves would not want to give up their way of life because they thought they needed slaves to run the plantation; they didn't want to do the work themselves.
2) The average private in the Confederate army might want to go to war because they would defend what they thought, and that is important.
3) I think citizens of a country should be willing to fight for freedom, rights, and less racism or sexist thoughts in the government.
From Quinnisha Smith:
The men would go to war with each other because everyone has a different opinion.
The war was fought to free the slaves but the only reason they freed the slaves was so they could fight in the war and there was no freedom then because you had to fight whether you liked it or not because they drafted young men and others were drafted.
The rebels used that for an excuse I think.
They could have prevented the Civil War by giving everybody freedom.
I think the people who owned the slaves were too lazy to do the work themselves and if it was to much work for them they could have asked for help and if nobody wanted to help they should have expected that.
To fight for something that doesn't belong to anybody but "GOD".
They should fight for their rights, freedom, and freedom of religion which we already have.
From Ashley Rowbottom:
1) I think the people who owned slaves didn't want to give up their way of life because they were rich and they barely had to do anything. They had everything they wanted and they probably liked it.
2) The average private would be willing to go at war because that is what they believed in and because they probably thought it was what he was supposed to do.
3) Yes, there are some things that we should fight for. They are:
We should fight for...
Our own rights
Freedom for an education
Freedom of thought
Freedom of speech
What we think is right
From Amanda Tillman:
1) Well, people who owned slaves hardly did any work. So if they had to give up their slaves they would have to hire people to do the work, and pay them or do the work themselves. People who owned slaves also made a lot of money.
2) Maybe because he wanted to win so that the South could have slaves without anyone telling them that that was wrong because they had won the war. This was a very complicated question to me so I you don't understand my answer that is okay.
3) Yes, certain things you should fight for and there are things you shouldn't fight for. Different people have different opinions about different subjects, so some people are willing to fight for some things while others aren't.
From Ashley Workman:
1. I think that they didn't want to give up their slaves because they were too lazy to do their own work.
2. I think that the Confederate Army would go to war willingly because they would probably like to be known for stardom, and also for their rights as a person.
3. Yes, back then all black slaves were treated like they were animals or something that no one would like to be seen with and also if the black people weren't set free then some of my friends wouldn't be here in my classroom.
Ashley Workman
From Ashley Pollitt & Melissa Hovatter:
1. People would not give up their slaves as a way of life because the people would use the slaves to do things for them.
2. I think that the average private in the Confederate Army would be willing to go to war because a private is the second rank and the private is going to have to lead the army into battle if anything were to happen to the general or the general has to stay at the camp to watch over the other soldiers.
3. I think the citizens of the country should be willing to fight for our freedom, peace, and the abilty to run their own counrty in a manner that they please.
From Heather Boothe:
1. I think someone who owned a slave would not want to give them up because the people who owned slaves had other people to do their work for them.
2. What is the Confederate Army?
From Holly Ly & Dawn Toomey:
I'm sorry that your relative died in the civil war. My dad fought in the
Vietnam war. Me
1. Because they didn't want to do their on work. And they are so used to not
doing their work.
2. They didn't want to lose their country. And they wanted to fight for their
rights.
3. Their rights. Their citizenship. And freedom of speech.
From Ashley Adkins:
1. I think a person that owned slaves would not give up their way of life
because they would have the slaves to do things for them and they would not
have to do things themselves.
2. I think the average private of the Confederate army would be willing to go
to war because they would want to run their own country and they don't want
someone running their country. If I were them, I would not want them to run
my own country either.
3. I think the citizens of a country should be willing to fight because they
could fight for their country to be a free country. And if the army does not
fight, they will not only lose the war, but they will lose their country.
And the people will have no life to live in that country any more.
From Leslie Dyson:
1) Because then they would have to do it all themselves. The owners thought
of the slaves as property and not people.
2) I think the average private in the Confederate Army would be willing to go
to war because they were afraid of losing their land and they were tired of
them telling them what they could and couldn't do.
3) I think citizens should be willing to fight for their freedom, land,
homes, and food. All the things people need.
1. Slave-holders didn't want to free slaves because it was very
advantageous to pay little money to slaves but get a lot for
their work. Some owners brag about number of their slaves also or
jeer at those people. Anyway, slave-holders didn't intend to
free slaves.
3. People could fight for overthrow goverment, for peace or for
abrogation of cruel laws.
From Olya:
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