However, it also set up the base for the slave trade and massively influenced today’s US culture. The Civil War 1861-1865 One of the most brutal events in world history was the Civil War. This was between Northern states known as the Union against the Southern States known as the ...
There were a handful of key events that happened in the first Indochina war which are significant to learn when trying to understand the conflict. Learn more about continuing conflict, timelines of events, and how they affect the outcome of these wars. ...
Events in Pre-Colonial and Colonial Louisiana Pre-colonial and colonial Louisiana spans the time period between the arrival of the first Paleoindians and the end of European colonialism. During these two periods in United States history, indigenous peoples arrived in Louisiana and Europeans began expl...
The main character of 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' is a Confederate Soldier during the Civil War. The author of the short story Ambrose Bierce was also fought in the Civil War, but in the Union. Despite the Civil War as a backdrop and Farquhar's death b...
Norwegian acts of heroism, valor, and sacrifice constituted a watershed experience during the Civil War; Norwegian men have served in great numbers, suffered substantial casualties, and have established themselves in America. Norwegians supported the Spanish-American War and rallied around the American ...
interactivestory mapsproduced by LPC that are highly visual and condensed stories around various themes. For example,New York City and the Path to Freedomdocuments designated buildings associated with the multiple ways people and institutions engaged with the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War....
The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread of revelation. —Eudora Welty 34 By far the most significant event in finance during the past decade has been the extraordinary development and expansion...
Unfortunately, my paternal Grandfather and his brothers were orphaned during the Civil War and all information, which was verbal only, was lost. Other than a few stories by my Grandfather, there is only supposition. I had never heard of any Welsh connection before Columbus. Knowing my father'...
What contributed to the expansion of civil rights for African Americans after World War II? What laws were implemented during the Reconstruction Era? What made the initial U.S. system of government a confederacy? What is the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation? What events led to the ...
The Whigs nominated Taylor largely because he had become a national hero during the Mexican-American War. It was said that he was so politically inexperienced that he had never voted, and the public, and political insiders, seemed to have little idea where he stood on any major issue. ...