Mexican–American War

in colonies. Douglass was skeptic about colonization and disagreed with it because he envisioned a world without segregation. He could see a world where whites and blacks could exist together as equal. Douglass said, “We are Americans… and we ‘shall rise or fall with Americans’” (190). He believed that blacks could prosper in America with their future newfound freedom. Douglass and Lincoln also argued over Lincoln’s dealings with Reconstruction. Douglass did not feel that Lincoln was doing…

From vehement scholarly historians to the general public, the Civil War has struck great debates for many years. So, was the Civil War about slavery? Indeed it was. But to presume the notion that slavery alone was the preeminent cause of the United States Civil War is not a complete fulfillment, nor a clear depiction of history. Moreover, to simply adhere that the institution of slavery lived to be the birth and death of the war is considerably controversial to say the least. Multiple issues…

and built by the toil and sweat of such men and women. We have discriminated against many different people over the course of our great and noble history, including Africans, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, and Germans. An article entitled “Xenophobia: American Nativism” deals with this very issue. It tackles the issues of xenophobia…

large impact on the nation’s future. While for the Confederacy, it was a disappointment and cause of great frustration because the chance they had had to win the war was lost. The victory that the Union army had achieved provided Lincoln with the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and broaden the main concern of the war from the unity of the nation to include the abolishment of slavery. The Battle of Antietam is not just important because of what it did for the Union army, but…

In Cornerstate Speech, Vice President Alexander H. Stephens states that that the “negro’s aren’t equal to the white people and that slavery is a natural and ethical issue. As he delivered his speech on March 21, 1861 in Savannah, Georgia, Stephens covered all sorts of issues. However, one of the main components of the speech which is remembered today is slavery. The cornerstone speech is considered the confederacy as essentially opposing to the idea of equality in freedom for human beings.…

Lincoln had warned the South that “the Union [would] constitutionally defend, and maintain itself” (Lincoln). He saw war as an act of self-defense to protect the Union, and was convinced the Constitution would allow him to spill blood for the sake of unity. However, the South disregarded this warning and seceded knowing that they would likely have a war. Indeed at the Battle of Fort Sumter, the South fired the first shots in the civil. The fort had been held by Major Anderson from the…

“I can do all things through him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). In our country 's weakest decade, one woman moved an immensely corrupt society. Abraham Lincoln referred to her as, “the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war” (Stowe). Harriet Beecher Stowe first published Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852. She inspired her audience by unmasking the calamity of slavery. This novel quickly became the second best seller, right behind the Bible. Written in the perspective of a…

Benton (Elbert B. Smith (1921–2013). While the book itself did not win any awards, Elbert Smith won the Phi Alph Theta book award for this work because Elbert “presents important new evaluations for the consideration of students of both the Civil War and the presidency. ( The Presidency of James Buchanan).…

Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father of this nation and drafted the historical Deceleration of Independence, as well as a strong supporter of the Constitution. However, overtime he slowly doubts the morals and sustainment of the Union, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 is what truly set Thomas Jefferson on a path of doubt for the future of the Union. Slavery, a rising issue that is the thorn in the side of all political policies. Is it a necessary evil or a concept that must be eradicated…

Independence Day in 1852. His speech was to display the idea of antislavery to critics by speaking with his fellow abolitionists to spread the message of American hypocrisy with aspects from a slave…