Immediately following the War of 1812, America had a sudden upsurge of nationalism and a temporary loss of sectionalism in the country. However, by the year of 1848, sectionalism made a return and was stronger in the country than ever. Between the years of 1848 and 1861, many important events happ...
These areas quickly grew economically, thus depiction the sparking of economic growth by the transcontinental railroads. ... This sparked economic growth in the post-cilil war era. ... It sparked econmic growth through proving a buisness for tycoons, helping to settle the west, and connecting eastern and western markets. ...
This amendment not only was amazingly controversial but was also a major contributor in sparking reform in the United States. ... The backlash created by this amendment triggered much change and helped spark the "Gilded Age." ... Another important amendment that helped spark change in the United States and led way to "Gilded Age," was the 15th Amendment. ...
The Revolutions Sparked by Lincoln's Speech Considering the fact that the introductory orator for the ceremony where the Gettysburg Address was delivered went well into two hours, the brevity of Address significantly reshaped oratory style in the late 19th century, with many politicians looking to imitate President Lincoln as a result (Willis, et.al.). ... He is seeking to spark a revolution of American unity through the quoting of Jefferson's writings in the Declaration of Independence. ...
Rationalism Published during the mid 1800's Uncle Tom's Cabin was a controversial book among both Northerners and Southerners due to it's anti-slavery issues, but it also provided a point for slavery. This book was one of the first works of literature that provided the north with which they thoug...
If there were No Hate, There would be No Love Detest, abhor, loathe and hate all means the same, but most people are common with only one of these words, and that word is hate. Hate is extremely strong word, but it often slips off out tongue without thinking that it might offend someone. Merria...
America in the 1840s was a rapidly expanding and growing nation. With this expansion came the notion that America should share its free form of federal government with the rest of the world. This ardent conviction was the basis of the ideology called Manifest Destiny. If enlightening the world was...
All over the world the modern era is being born that leads to the industrial revolution. In upstate New York, a man made river is cutting through the wilderness. The Erie Canal is born, which is the biggest construction project in the western world in the last 4,000 years. It is over 300 miles long,...
In a Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, the realities behind the life of a slave throughout the 1800's are brought to life in astonishing detail as Douglass recaps the transition of his life from being born a slave in Maryland to settling as a free man in New Bedford, Ma...
There have been thousands of writers in America but only a choice few were gifted enough to have been immortalized over time. Carl Sandburg was one of those writers. He not only wrote hundreds of poems and stories, but he also won many awards and helped spark a style of writing in the 20th century...
Abraham Lincoln and Equal Rights With America struggling in a state of Civil War, the nation's very core was being shaken. Abraham Lincoln, who was president during this period, realized this, and delivered one of his most historically renowned speeches, "The Gettysburg Address". This speech ad...
"It always has seemed to me that each human being, before going out into the silence, should leave behind him, not the story of this own life, but of the time in which he lived- as he saw it - its creed, its purpose, its queer habits, and the work which it did or left undone in the world." ( Bits of...
One of the major reasons for territorial expansion was the American's will to conquer what ever they could. This confidence came from the ideal of "Manifest destiny." Coined by a New York paper in 1845 the term described American's "God given right" to take what they wanted, and that Providence ha...
"Goin' to Chicago"," a documentary film traces the story of the mass migration of African Americans from the south to Chicago during the 20th century. Between 1910 and 1970, 6.5 million black Americans moved out of the South in two great waves, and five million blacks after 1940. This film also expl...
The United States of America was founded as a country where "all men are created equal". That famous line is something that should have been kept out of the Constitution for almost a hundred years. The issue of slavery prevented our country from being a place where all men are equal. During the c...
A nation born from the chains of British control, America faced a continuing problem; to preserve and develop a strong united nation. The country was divided in many aspects of life during the early to mid-1800s (pre-civil war era). The struggle for the equality between races, especially blacks and ...
Though sympathetic to those first states that seceded from the Union, the state of Arkansas obviously did not feel that Lincoln's election was grounds to justify secession. Indeed it was not until the actions of Ft. Sumter that Arkansas throws in it's lot with the South. If an issue in t...
Suzanne M. Coil's Harriet Beecher Stowe is a biography of one of the most influential women of the 1800s. Well-written and organized, the book is enjoyable and informative to read, although it does not go into detail about any facet of Stowe's life. Coil's sources for her book come mainly from oth...
The Redeemers were a radical group of southern Democrats who rallied in opposition to radical Republicans during the Congressional Reconstruction. Their main goal was to take back control of Congress, and they were willing to do so by any means necessary. Their name came from the way they saw themse...
Nelson Mandela once said, "no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite" (Mandela). Racism is an ongoing issue that has occupied many years of American history. Even with great leaders, such as President Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who established a push to end slavery and inspired an entire revolution to eliminate racial discrimination, it seems that ...
Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the best presidents in American history. He had a great impact on American history that still impacts us yet today. Lincoln is considered the savior of the union during the Civil War and emancipated all of the slaves living in America with the Emancipation Procla...
