1860

Before the election of 1860, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln had already ran against each other in the senatorial campaign for Illinois in 1859. (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Lincoln-Douglas Debates.” Paragraph 1). During the senatorial campaign Lincoln and Douglas had seven debates throughout the state of Illinois, these were known as the Great Debates. Slavery was the main issue the candidates debated over, as it was also a popular topic during this time. (History.com staff,…

Italy, in early 19th century, was divided in to several different parts. Each of them had distinct identities such as culture, political system, dialect, etc. This meant that the sense of localism, which is kind of nationalism towards one's particular region/area, was strong among citizens in those city states. However, Austria-Hungary had all the control on Italian peninsula, which limited the revolts for unification by Italian. As a result, Risorgimento started to develop. Risorgimento means…

During the westward expansion of the 1860’s and 1890’s geographical maps show that railroad connections played a huge role in growth. During the early 1860’s when railroad connections also known as the “Transcontinental Railroad” were in the beginning stages, states did not develop at a high rate of speed. Amplifying the railroad connections bolster the reach of products fashioned agriculturally both for the production and sale. Increasing railroad connections west of the Mississippi River…

The people of New York in the 1860’s were racial and did not mix well with other ethnics. 18 minutes into the movie, Natives were malicious to the upcoming immigrants and would throw objects as well as insult them once they came off the ship. The main character Vallon mentioned how even though he was 2 hours from where he landed, the people treated them all the same. 1:12:00 into the movie, William Cutting said as the people left the ships, “I see no Americans, I see trespassers.” Within an…

been growing for several centuries prior to 1860. The most significant cause of tension between the North and the South is slavery. Almost all actions either one of these groups did to the each other could be rooted back to their differences in views on slavery. Slavery could be linked to the Election of 1860, the state's right, and the South seceding from the North making slavery the most dominant reason for the Civil War. Lincoln winning the Election of 1860 was the South’s worst nightmare…

In 1860 the city utilized no less than nineteen silversmiths, in addition to twelve or more other men who prepared the specialty on low maintenance…

urban areas. While England was rapidly industrializing, Americans were contented to make their living on farms as the land was cheap and labor was scarce and costly; hardly an ideal factor to start a living using man power. However, between the years 1860 and 1900, a duration of only forty years the United States had become the greatest industrial nation in the world. What went right? a question probably all European industrial giants are all too familiar with-- the factors that helped America's…

Southern state up to 1860. When slaves were first brought to America, they were primary used to work on plantations in both the Upper and Lower South harvesting crops like cotton and tobacco. As time passed, other forms of labor became favored in the Upper South and slavery began to slowly diminish in some southern states. However, plantation owners still heavily relied on slaved to grow and harvest their crops. The main changes in slavery that occurred between 1815 and 1860 were that the Upper…

southern regions of the United States have very different economies. The north revolved around manufacturing and industry, while having some agriculture on a small-scale. The South had been bullied by the North for too long; last straw came in November 1860 when Abraham Lincoln won the Presidential Election. The South knew that the heart of their economy (slavery) was in danger of emancipation. Within three months, seven states, out of an eventual eleven, from the South seceded from the United…

Abraham Lincoln had underground activities helped him won the election of 1860s. Because his victory of the election, therefore the independence of the South and the civil war became inevitable. Since the result of the election of 1860s is another major effect than “Slavery”, which means Abraham Lincoln has played important role in the beginning of The Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, he prevented the separation of the Union and not only won the…