Battle of Fort Henry

director shows the audience how dependent Lincoln was on Ann. In reality, however, Lincoln was intrinsically motivated to become well versed in law. He read and mastered Euclid’s Geometry on his own according to William Herndon. One of his friends Henry McHenry commented that Lincoln “was so studious—took so little physical exercise—was so laborious in his studies that he became emaciated and his best friends were afraid that he would craze himself.” Lincoln loved to learn and read, and that…

coast of Virginia and head up the peninsula between the James and York rivers. However at the Seven Days’ Battle, the Confederates were able to stop him before he reached Richmond. John Pope was head of the Army of Virginia who was defeated at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Lincoln soon replaced General McClellan because of the many defeats the Union had experienced, and replaced him with Henry Halleck. However Halleck did not have the organizational skills that McClellan did, and so McClellan…

“If the British went out by water, we would shew two lanthorns in the North Church Steeple; and if by Land, one, as a signal” (Paul Revere). These are the famous words from a very famous Revolutionary War hero. Many people believe that they know all there is to know about Paul Revere and his life’s accomplishments. However, people do not know about his upbringing from adolescent to a grown up, how he joined the Sons of Liberty, and his attributions to the Revolutionary War. Paul Revere’s…

with a certain level of “fitness of character” for the position. Washington held is first cabinet gathering on February 25, 1793 with to be the Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, and Secretary of war, Henry Knox. There are currently sixteen cabinet positions, but George Washington’s indigenous cabinet only had four members. George Washington wanted to establish credibility and balance and in order to do such that, he chose a cabinet that carried…

1812 also showed a display of national pride and patriotism. In the battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key created a poem that explained how even after the glow of the sun rise and firing of the bombs the American flag was still waving proudly called the “Star Bangled Banner”. This poem was so moving among the nation that it became the national anthem and is to this day. The Battle of New Orleans was another battle that boosted American morale. It boosted morale because it was an…

Congressional battles over states’ rights, led to the Civil War. Yet the ultimate strike that broke the cohesiveness of the Union was the divisive issue of slavery. Despite some nuance between positions on the issue regarding popular sovereignty and government power, the facts remained that half of the country supported the institution of slavery and the other half of the country wanted it abolished from the land. When these political, social, and economic winds swirled around Fort Sumter in…

between South Carolina and North Carolina. This also resulted him on receiving unpredictable education in those pre-Revolutionary war years. Hugh, Andrew Jackson 's elder brother who came to the United States of America with his parents got dead in the Battle of Stono Fery in 1779. Then, later on, In 1781, Andrew Jackson with his older brother Robert was captured by the British empire and was imprisoned in jail due to his unpleasant behavior towards British troops. While the two brothers were in…

forth those claims. It gained repeatedly succeed in bringing suit against the federal government for protecting the Indians’ rights that guaranteed in laws and treaties. They also made great contributions in Revival the Indian culture heritage. Battle of the Little Big Horn After discovering gold in the Black hills of the South Dakota, the U.S. troop overlooked the former treaty agreements and intruded this region. The 600 American soldiers, led by George Armstrong Custer, entered the Little…

The first shots of the Civil War were on 12 April, 1861 at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. America is at war from 1861 to 1862. The Civil War started because the North and South were fighting over slavery, it was the bloodiest war in the United States history. Republicans wanted to abolish slavery, Southerners…

The Navajo Language The terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001 changed the lives of all Americans regardless of age, race, gender, and ethnicity. The graphic images of the twin towers collapsing and a commercial airliner crashing into the Pentagon portrayed an image of what the American Indian’s must have seen as the United States (U.S.) Government made advances on their ancestral lands, threatening their very livelihood. As a direct result of conflicts, the U.S.…