Henry Clay: Clay thinks that slavery is clearly and obviously evil.

Robert E Lee: When Lee writes that “It is useless to expatiate on [the] disadvantages” of slavery, what does he mean?

Henry Clay: Clay is glad that his original proposal to slowly abolish slavery in Kentucky failed.

Ulysses Grant: What common form of corruption does Grant mention trying to avoid?

Reflection: Which of these sources did you find most personally interesting? Why?

Henry Clay: In Clay’s opinion, the only institution with the constitutional authority to legally act against slavery is:

William Lloyd Garrison: What does Garrison think of secession?

McCarthy, “The Bonnie Blue Flag”: What, according to McCarthy’s song, are the states of the Confederacy fighting for? Mark all that apply.

Abraham Lincoln: In this excerpt from one of his debates with Stephen Douglas, what accusation is Lincoln responding to?

Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln carefully distinguishes his official policy position as president from his personal wish that all men could be free.