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**Your next task is to create a candidate endorsement flyer from the perspective of a prominent citizen chosen from the list below.**
Please follow these steps to complete your flyer: 1. Select an individual from the following list:

__** Influential Voices of the Nation **__ In your newspaper group, make sure everyone is working on an endorsement from a different perspective. A newspaper would not publish multiple endorsements written by the same person. 2. Learn about your 'prominent citizen.' I recommend you read both on-line and in print. The classroom textbook is a good place to start for general research. There are some other books in the classroom library. As you read, take notes and make sure to keep track of your sources of information. For reminders on how to make proper citations in your work, click here. For on-line research, I suggest starting using the following web-sites. 3. Use your research notes to answer the following questions about this person:
 * William H. Seward - governor of New York
 * Harriet Beecher Stowe - author of //Uncle Tom's Cabin//
 * [|Frederick Douglass] - Slave escaped to freedom
 * Sojourner Truth - an African-American [|abolitionist] and [|women's rights] activist.
 * Harriet Tubman - leader in the Underground Railroad.
 * Henry A. Wise - governor of Virginia
 * Senator Charles Sumner - An abolitionist leader. He made a speech titled "The Barbarism of Slavery" from the Senate floor on June 4th, 1860.
 * George Fitzhugh - lawyer, author, and proslavery intellectual who was considered one of the best defenders of slavery in the South.
 * Senator Judah R. Benjamin - a prominent Jewish Southern politician.
 * What is their occupation?
 * Can this person vote in America in 1860?
 * What are the most important issues for this person in 1860?
 * Which candidate best addresses their concerns about slavery, state's rights, and any other important issues?
 * Due Thursday, Dec 1st.**

Sample endorsement letters are available here.

4. Write an 'endorsement flyer' for one of the presidential candidates on your newspaper-wiki, from the perspective of your 'prominent citizen.' Infer what stance they would take on the important political issues, and explain why this person would promote this candidate. (Give examples, quotes etc. to back up your inferences.) Who does he or she think is the best choice for president in the 1860 election? Why? Make reference both to important historic events and personal experiences that shaped this persons' beliefs.This endorsement is meant to be written during the 1860 election campaign, so you can only refer to events that occur before your (pretend) publication date.

5. Post your completed flyer on your group's newspaper-wiki.
 * Due Monday, Dec 5th.**