Library of Congress|AP Historians describe two waves of feminism in history: the first in the 19th century, growing out of the anti-slavery movement, and the second, in the 1960s and 1970s. Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of the...
Black history in the United States is a rich and varied chronicle of slavery and liberty, oppression and progress, segregation and achievement. Though captive and free Africans were likely present in the Americas by the 1400s, the kidnapped men, women and children from Africa who were sold firs...
Poems on Slavery 14、John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) Poems Written During the Progress of the Abolition Question Voice of Freedom In War Time and Other Poems Snow-Bound The Tent on the Beach and Other Poems Ichabod A Winter Idyl 15、Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) Uncle Tom’s Cabin ...
July 10, 1850 - Millard Fillmore is sworn into office as the 13th President of the United States after the death of Zachary Taylor the day before. His policies on the topic of slavery did not appease expansionists or slave-holders.
Eventually, however, the party lost support mainly when its members refused to craft any policy addressing slavery. By 1860, most party members had jumped ship to join the Republicans. The Rise of Populism The Greenback Party •1874-1884 The Greenback Party rose in 1874 as a confluence ...
March 29, 1799 - A law is passed to abolish slavery in the state of New York, effective twenty-eight years later, in 1827. The American System of Manufacturing is invented by Eli Whitney, who uses semi-skilled labor, machine tools, and jigs to make standardized, interchangeable parts, then...
The first organized abolitionists in the United States were Quakers who objected to slavery on religious grounds. Many influential abolitionists were also Black people who had previously been enslaved and who had seen the horrors of slavery firsthand. ...
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and sent to the states for ratification. On December 6, 1865, when Georgia ratified the amendment, it became law - officially abolishing slavery in the US. At the t...
United States Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii to Oakland, California, United States. [Oakland, California | CPC]12 Jan 1935 Germany SS-Oberführer Heinrich Deubel was named the commandant of Dachau Concentration Camp in southern Germany...
The dynamic decade of the 1850s was marked by controversy over the institution of slavery in the United States, the Crimean War fought between Russian and European powers, and the rapid growth of steam-power travel.