While feeling that he was financially worthless to his family, he got permission from his father to setup his own forge. With the Revolutionary war going on at the time the was a shortage of basic building materials so in his forge he created nails with scrap metal thus creating a huge profit for him and his family. With this huge success he was able to provide an extra income for his family. ... Just as carding, spinning, and weaving machines made it profitable to produce large amounts of cloth in factories, the cotton gin made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms called p...

• Word Count: 2677
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Two American armies face-off in a small Pennsylvania farm town, Gettysburg, in what is the bloodiest and arguably the most famous battle of the Civil War. ... Some residents of Gettysburg tried to hide the wounded Union troops and nurse their wounds risking not only their own life but also their families'. ...

• Word Count: 3169
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically recogni...

• Word Count: 6922
• Approx Pages: 28

The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically recogni...

• Word Count: 7511
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School

The movie begins with a brief background of Robert Shaw. This movie is based on the letters that this twenty three year old Boston abolitionist wrote to his parents during the war against the states. As this paragraph is being displayed, there are trumpets in the background signifying that the movie will have a serious tone. As the drums begin to roll, the title, Glory, appears in large, simple uppercase letters. These white letters begin as white and the fade to red. ...

• Word Count: 10902
• Approx Pages: 44
• Grade Level: High School