Can you imagine what it would be like to live in a world in which your way of life is determined by your race? The American south of the early 1900s was exactly that: different water fountains for whi…
Civil War
During the 1860's America entered the Civil War, a gruesome bloodbath between the Union and the Confederacy. The war divided America into and instilled fear of among the citizens that the country may…
Imagine you were thinking, what factors caused the Civil War? One important factor was slavery, and a group that was dealing with slavery or trying to abolish it were definitely the slaves themselves.…
The Civil War began in the early 1860, this war was started because of tensions about slavery and every state's rights. The northern and southern parts of the United States were on opposing views abou…
The Civil War was the deadliest for American soldiers. From 1861 to 1865, the Union and Confederate would be at war with each other. The war would cause half a million deaths, making it the worst war …
The Union army's balloon corps were engaged in many battles such as the First Battle of Bull Run, the Civil War, the Battle of Seven Pines, and many more. The Union Army originally brought the balloon…
The telegraph was an invention that would lead to many more. Before it we had to send letters that took days, weeks, or maybe even months. Because of it we could communicate long distances almost inst…
"The past, the present, and the future are really one: they are today." Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist and author who believed in changing the future by influencing the present. As an autho…
General William T. Sherman set out to end the Civil War for good. With moral high and a thorough plan in hand, the Union army was ready to change the world. His plan was to destroy everything in their…
