Both of these leaders had fairly effective strategies when it came to alleviating some of the racial woes during this time. DuBois, however, took a slightly different path in that he emphasized education of blacks as being the most important factor in their advancement.
The main reason why the early battles of the Civil War favored the South is because the South was technically fighting a defensive war--meaning that the North had to make the moves and troop plans that brought them into southern territory, which allowed the South to prepare better.
When counting the population in states 3/5th of slaves would be counted toward population when getting seats/places in the House of Representatives
The name of the first satellite put into orbit by the United States is called Explore 1 and was put into orbit in January 31, 1958.