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Why might the artist have chosen the title below the picture?
Who does the figure on the left represent?
What is he holding and what does it say?
What is the figure on the right?
Define secession.
How many heads does the figure on the right have?
List each of the crimes listed on necks; some may be hard to read, but do the best you
can.
8. How does this cartoon represent events during the Civil War?
9. Optional extra credit, who are each of the seven figures and what were their crimes?
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Answers
1. Answers will vary but ought to refer to some of the information here: Hercules was
known for his great strength, he even beat opponents that others could not. This is a
perfect symbol for the Union versus the Confederacy during the Civil War, as this
cartoon indicates the many villains working against the Union.
2. General Winfred Scott, Union general
3. A club that says “Liberty and Union”.
4. A dragon or hydra.
5. Secession is withdrawing membership from a group, union, or in this case,
government.
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7. Hatred and blasphemy; lying; piracy; perjury; treason; extortion; and robbery.
8. Answers will vary but might include: The Confederacy was a formidable enemy of
the Union and it took great strength and perseverance to defeat them; there were
many who worked against the Union’s victory;
9. They are (from top to bottom): Hatred and Blasphemy (Confederate secretary of state
Robert Toombs), Lying (vice president Alexander Stephens), Piracy (president
Jefferson Davis), Perjury (army commander P. G. T. Beauregard), Treason (United
States general David E. Twiggs who in February 1861 turned over nineteen federal
army posts under his command in Texas to the South), Extortion (South Carolina
governor Francis W. Pickens), and Robbery (James Buchanan's secretary of war John
B. Floyd, accused of supplying federal arms and supplies to the South).