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Answer 1

So I am working on this project for my AP US History class and I am stumped on this last question. So these are the instructions:

Both the Union and the Confederacy claimed to be fighting for a higher cause. Based on the different historical viewpoints in the two images, complete the following three tasks:

1.Briefly explain the artist’s perspective in Image 1.
2.Briefly explain the artist’s perspective in Image 2.
3.Using ONE of the images, describe the historical evidence the artist has omitted or ignored in claiming to have “right on their side.”

Here are links to the two pictures:
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/negro-soldeirs.htm
http://www.civilwar.si.edu/lincoln_byvolck.html#

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Some ideas:

The cover of Harper's Weekly is from a magazine published in the North. It is a propaganda piece designed to help the reader feel proud and patriotic about the Union efforts in the South. The black soldiers are presented as ready to fight under the direction of the white officer. Northerners, especially abolitionists, are presented with a scene that fits right into their view of being on the right side of the war.
This image doesn't give any hint to the fact that black soldiers at first received less pay than whites. That they were usually used in noncombat roles like ditch digging and other physical labor. Also, like any war propaganda. There is no hint of the death and destruction that awaits them and the reality of war.

Your second image is a great political cartoon lampooning Lincoln as a war leader. The text that accompanies the pic does an excellent job of pointing out the symbolism of each item in the drawing. The drawing is done from a southern perspective. They think of Lincoln as a buffoon who ignores the Constitution and all principles from the Founding Fathers. It implies that those who oppose Lincoln are truly preserving the Founding principles.

Answer 4

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