The answer to the last question is 3. icy. The y ending sounds exactly like the y ending of funny. Good luck.
1. Alexander Stephens
2. Border States
3. West Virginia
4. Fort Sumter
5. Jefferson Davis
6. Robert Anderson
7. South Carolina
8. Crittenden Compromise
He was called "the father of liberalism" 17th century philosopher. Also he was a doc too
The Nile starts in east Africa and ends at the mediterranean Hope this helped!