Mexican–American War

Abolitionism in the African American community began after slavery was abolished in the northern states of the United States. These emancipated slaves formed their own communities and offered unorganized help to fugitive slaves who happened along their paths. Through time, African Americans began to form Anti Slavery societies to work towards the freedom of enslaved men and women and to protect the rights of free blacks. During the era of the Fugitive Slave Law, Boston abolitionists were known…

The beginning of the Civil War began when President Lincoln sent a fleet of Union ships with supplies to Fort Sumter in South Carolina and the Confederate army fired shots at both the ships and the fort. President Lincoln was hoping for a quick victory, but that was soon destroyed and Lincoln called in for 500,000 Union soldiers. President Lincoln quickly surprised many as a very capable wartime leader. President Lincoln was very choosy about his military commanders, his first commander was,…

After a long and brutal war, known today as the Civil War, the South was left in shambles; a desolated shell of what it once was. The very few large towns and cities that existed there were reduced almost completely to rubble and ash. It would take years to rebuild the South to what it once had been and many were unsure how to do it. This is when the plan for reconstruction was developed. Its main goals were to adopt the southern states back into the Union, rebuild the South to resemble the…

of proportion, and by the invasion and defeat of the South by "the dirty Yankees", during and after the Civil War. This portrayal is reasonable because slavery remains to this day a stain on the history of our great nation. The movie is based on the book of the same title written by Margaret Mitchell, a native of Georgia who gleaned her knowledge of the war from elderly surviving Civil War veterans. The primary character of the film is Scarlett O 'Hara, an innocent, childish and naïve lady who…

into four parts, about the last days of Abraham Lincoln. Part one, “Total War,” starts out…

which he was president was a hard time in American History, The Civil War. Before Lincoln had become president, he served as a legislator in Illinois; he also ran for U.S. Senate but he lost to Stephen Douglas. It was a memorable time in history because Lincoln went on to become the very first Republican president in the United States. Not only was he known for being the first Republican president, he was also known for leading the Union in the Civil War and leaving victorious. People also…

is very important for each person. The Constitution provides us with a blessing of freedom in many senses, including the freedom of speech, religion, and many more. If we were to ask a modern student what was the cause of the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, certainly he or she might say that it all started because of slavery. Slavery was a big concern for many people, especially for those who lived in the Northern states. The North did not have slavery, and hence it wanted to free…

could cause destruction like that. What is powerful enough to make the country turn upon itself? What is the force that could turn Georgia into a war zone and Augusta into ash? The answer, simply put, is nothing more than a book. In 1862, as the United States of America was experiencing the catalyst of social change that would later become known as the Civil War, the author of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe was given the opportunity to meet with President Abraham Lincoln.…

I’m part of one of the biggest groups that conform this country, I am an immigrant, I came to this country 4 years ago, at 2011 from Peru, but I was born in Argentina, sorry if I have a lot of misspellings. The way those countries taught me their national history is very different from the way Dr. Klein is teaching us about US history, I’ve never been in college in one of those countries so I will talk about the way teachers from middle school and high school taught me about national history and…

The Civil War was a war unlike many others that occurred throughout that span of the United State of America’s History. The war was fought between the citizens between the northern states and the southern states. Some call this war a war that pitted brother against brother. The fighting broke out among people that had common qualities, but different views when it came to political, social and economic issues. For instance, the debate on State’s rights or slavery was heavily debated prior and…