Julius and ethel rosenberg were charged, convicted, and executed specifically for

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged, convicted, and executed specifically for espionage. The espionage allegation was that they played an important role in passing atomic secrets to the Soviets. As a result of the death sentence arrived at their trial they were executed in 1953.

lincoln declared that slavery should not be allowed to spread into the new states, and of course this angered the south at the time.