<span>At first, Theodore Roosevelt, who was commander-in-chief from 1901 to 1909, seemed an unlikely candidate for the 1912 presidential election. After backing his close friend William Howard Taft to serve as his successor, he disappeared on an extended hunting trip to Africa.</span>
Frederick Douglass was an African American abolitionist during the time of the Civil War. An abolitionist is someone who wants to abolish, or get rid of, slavery.
I would say the answer is a civil case. Those usually deal with contracts and torts.
World War I. It lasted from July 1914 until November 1918.