Presentation about how the concept of fleeing slaves coming into union lines came to be known as contraband of war. She is now a member of our historians advisory committee. Shes helping us create the exhibits for the new Civil War Museum. This is cassandras first time to address an American Civil War museum audience. And we are very pleased to have her with us. Ladies and gentlemen, dr. Cassandra newbyalexander. [ applause ] good morning. As we commemorate the person of the year 1865 i offer my nomination for your consideration as the person who has done more to define that year than anyone else. 1865 was the last year of the civil war. It was the culmination of four very bloody years that changed america. And while many deny this reality, my person of the year was the reason america had actually been to war. Furthermore, at the conclusion of the war, issues involving my person of the year will continue to consume the attention of the nation and result in the passage of a series of Un
That decision is expected in the coming months. Thank you for joining us. We turn our attention to another topic, something that caught our interest when it comes to the world of College Sports, which has been looked at by congress in a variety of ways. This comes with the idea of should College Players be allowed to unionize . This deals with College Players at northwestern, issuing or making plans. Northwestern players are beginning the process of forming a labor union. According to espns outside the lines another reason we caught interest on the story was the reaction of legislatures. The folks at roll call were asking some legislators who sit on a variety of committees about collegetion of whether athletes should be allowed to unionize treat hears from toator john mccain unionize. Here is from senator john mccain i dont see unionize nation getting that far but they want to try that is fine. As far as College Athletes are concerned, should they be allowed to unionize . Here are how
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Establishment republicans. Tea Party Republicans were, however, favorable towards mitt romney, a 77. Paul ryan, a 79. Ann romney, 77. Even george w. Bush, 72. More favorable even than the Establishment Republicans. So this is consistent with the last paper that said, you know, as we got when they really had a rally behind their candidate, the feeling thermometer questions indicate that perhaps they did that. So whether those divisions are going to persist is when we looked add the media question. So im going to turn that over to jay morris. Well, its clear that theres a division on several issue positions and on how Tea Party Versus Establishment Republicans view, um, certain candidates, certain issues. Do they get their news from different sources, we already know through the research on partisan media that democrats, republicans, liberals, conservatives, get their news from very different sources in todays fragmented media environment. When you look here just at Tea Party Versus Esta
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