Find questions about the important events of the United States of America from the US Civil War to US Presidents.
Find questions about the important events of the United States of America from the US Civil War to US Presidents.
The majority of France's reasoning for selling its land, particularly the Louisiana Purchase, to the United States and other North American nations, was because at this time, the French empire was facing a revolution and still fighting off Britain in the Anglo-French war -- Napoleon desperately needed the money, and who better to give it to than the new and expanding United States? Read More
That is a very good question. But it is very hard to explain without the visualization of demonstration. Read More
I am not quite sure if you are referring to the American Revolution or the War of 1812, but since you stated "US" as in United States, it must be the War of 1812 since the U.S. was not yet established during the Revolutionary War. The United States was a particularly new-born nation, with little respect from the surrounding nations, the more established nations. After the American Revolution, there were still great tensions between Britain… Read More
As the war dragged on, and despite the fact that it lasted about four years, it seems to many students of this war, that because of the time & place of the war, that 4 years was indeed a long time. Communications as example were nothing like today. Communications were slow. When Lee surrendered as example, it took a few days before the Confederate's forces west of Virginia knew about it. The geography of the… Read More
The 19th US state was Indiana, admitted to the union on December 11th, 1816. As for the 19th sport, either handball or basketball may have been the 19th added to the modern Olympics games, in 1936. Read More
Union General William Tecmseh Sherman's so called "March to the Sea" was a series of battles in which at least to key missions were completed. Technically speaking, the March began at Atlanta and ended in Savannah. 1. To begin at Atlanta, Sherman had to battle Confederate General Hood. At Hood's retreat, Sherman lay Atlanta to siege and captured a major railway hub and made the city his headquarters for about 2 months. He left the… Read More
Immigration and industrialization were GREATLY improved, and it sparked a new era in American history. People were now able to move much more easier, faster, and cheaper. Especially since so many people were looking to strike it big with gold mines, etc. during this time, they traveled all over the nation! Read More
The US Civil War brought to the battle field new tactics and new weapons that never had been used in war before. Here are a few innovations that sadly brought more death & destruction than in previous wars. And there is no reason to believe that they helped make the Civil War any shorter than it was: 1. Trench warfare. Generally speaking trench warfare came to its peak and notoriety in the first world war… Read More
The two parts of the Civil War were the Northern invasion of the South and the Southern invasion of the North. Read More
Lincoln had nominated William Seward as Secretary of State. The Senate confirmed the nomination and Seward became the Union's Secretary of State. Read More
The era began with Reconstruction and with the promise that blacks would not only rise up in status but be included in the nation's civic life. It opened new avenues for the working man to improve his station by starting his own business, or by moving out west to work his own farm. And it set forth the ideal that for the first time in the nation's history, rather than allowing disenfranchised slaves to count… Read More
if the American Dream were a real fact, what would it look like today? Or can we still believe in an American dream? Read More
Money was not important in politics until the 1960s Read More
A compact settlement is a closely built area of dwellings where flat land is available. Read More
The USS Monitor was a Union warship of radical design. Its detractors gave it the nickname of the "cheesebox on a raft". Read More
The USS Monitor was built in a shipyard in New York. Its designer was John Ericsson, an inventor for the Union. Read More
The Confederate rams were distinguished by a unique feature of their defense against enemy shots. Their engines and other interior spaces were protected by a double bulkhead of heavy timbers, covered on the outer surface by a layer of railroad iron. The gap between the bulkheads, a space of 22 in (56 cm), was packed with cotton. Although the cotton was the least important part of the armor, it caught the public's attention, and the… Read More
The first cotton mills were established in the 1740s, in the East Midlands Region of England, in order to house the roller spinning machinery invented by Lewis Paul and John Wyatt. These machines were the first to spin cotton mechanically "without the intervention of human fingers". This enabled them to be driven by a non-human power source, which in turn allowed the use of much larger machinery and made it possible to concentrate production into… Read More
Area 5 is in the southeastern portion of Nevada Test Site, north of the town of Mercury, and includes Frenchman Flat which was used for many above ground nuclear weapons tests. Read More
The issues between the federal government's policies toward teaching evolution in schools. Read More
260 Native Americans who were found guilty in the Sioux uprising in 1862 had their death sentences commuted by President Lincoln. Read More
The Battle of Atlanta and its capture by Union general Sherman was a vital victory. Many historians cite these factors as to why the fall of Atlanta was necessary: A. It knocked out an important railway hub of the Confederacy; B. The timing was essential as Lincoln's "poll" numbers were falling and many people began to believe the horrible cost to this war was not worth it. The fall of Atlanta silenced many anti war… Read More
THE MAIN IDEAS IN THE CITY OF GOD IS ABOUT THE DESCRIPTION OF TWO CITIES WHICH ARE HEAVENLY CITY AND HEATHLY CITY ACCORDING TO ST.AUGUSTINE CITY OFGOD ( the heavenly city) IS THE CITY FOR SAINTS AND THE HEARTHLY CITY IS FOR SINNERS WHICH WILL PERISH AND HEAVENLY CITY WILL STAY FOREVER Read More
The question seems insincere, however, the answer to the question is that no, the old Confederacy will never exist again. Read More
Seneca Falls, NY. Read More
when did Minnesota become a state and a territory Read More
In the 1860 presidential election, Lincoln did not win in the State of Kentucky. The winner there was John Breckenridge. Read More
Indentured servitude was a form of debt bondage for the journey to the New World in the 18th century, the American colonies. by being a servant (basically a slave) for somebody who could afford to pay both individuals' passes to the United States. A majority of the servants were Anglican, not Puritan, and while religion did play a large role in everyday lives, the culture was more commercially based. Read More
Using the term of "Unionist" places individuals that called themselves by "tag" puts them in the same category of President Abraham Lincoln. Time and time again he expressed the idea that preserving the Union was the most important task or goal that he laid before himself to accomplish. He was against slavery but that issue as important as it was, could not be done unless the United States regained the loyalty of the States of… Read More
The nearest airport to Little Big Horn is the Billings, Montana airport. Read More
lol, maybe try to sing a song about it. Read More
Jefferson began his childhood education under the direction of tutors at Tuckahoe along with the Randolph children. In 1752, Jefferson began attending a local school run by a Scottish Presbyterian minister. At the age of nine, Jefferson began studying Latin, Greek, and French; he began to appreciate the study of nature. He studied under Reverend James Maury from 1758 to 1760 near Gordonsville, Virginia. While boarding with Maury's family, he studied history, science and the… Read More
In an effort to encourage Western migration, the U.S. Government (under president Abraham Lincoln) began providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. After six months of residency, homesteaders also had the option of purchasing the land from the government for $1.25 per acre. The Homestead Act led to the distribution of… Read More
President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had nearly opposite approaches to dealing with the United States' greatest economic depressions. Hoover, was more "hands-off" than was Roosevelt. Hoover felt that the American citizens have been through economic downturns and have overcome them with little government aid, so he wanted to let the Great Depression play out (little did he know, that was a horrible idea). FDR on the other hand, put forth measures to… Read More
Actually, New Hampshire never applied to join the confederation. However, "heretical" Rhode Island, sought admission to the union but were refused on political and religious grounds. This was the first attempt at major intercolonial cooperation. Read More
Horace Greeley was the founder of the New York Tribune and edited the newspaper for over thirty years. Greeley took a strong moral tone in his newspaper and campaigned against alcohol and tobacco use, gambling, prostitution and capital punishment. However, his main concern was the abolition of slavery. In 1860, Greeley supported the presidential campaign of Abraham Lincoln, but was unhappy with Lincoln's attitude toward emancipation. He wrote an open letter to the President on… Read More
In 1870, John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil, which by the early 1880s controlled some 90 percent of U.S. refineries and pipelines. Critics accused Rockefeller of engaging in unethical practices, such as predatory pricing and colluding with railroads to eliminate his competitors, in order to gain a monopoly in the industry. There was a oil rush in Pennsylvania in the 1860s-1870s which was run by the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, under George Bissell. Read More
There have been many, from the colonial era to present day nationalist movements. However, arguably the most prominent would be the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth centurty. The civil rights movement of the 1950s to 1960s resulted in American civic nationalism prevailing over ethnic nationalism, as legal barriers preventing African Americans from attaining the full citizenship were removed, officially enfranchising African Americans as equal citizens as guaranteed by the Constitution. Read More
At the beginning of the US Civil War, a number of West Point graduates resigned their US Army commissions to fight for their homeland that was Southern based. Of major note was General Joseph Johnston to whom Lincoln had offered a the second highest position in the Union Army. The Union officer that would become the head of the South's Army of Northern Virginia was Robert E. Lee. Other resignations of note from the North… Read More
Municipality, or, an urban unit of local government. A municipality is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been established to provide general local government for a specific population concentration in a defined area. A municipality may be designated as a city, borough, village, or town, except in the New England states, New York, and Wisconsin, where the name town signifies a subdivision of the county or state by area… Read More
The chief military commander of the Confederacy was General Robert E. Lee who headed the Army of Northern Virginia. He surrendered to the same position in the Union, General Ulysses S. Grant, who headed the Army of the Potomac on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse. Read More
Federalists Idealogy is put the goverment for the people in the hands of a central governing body i.e. the world bank or federal reserve Anti federalists - Put the governing responsibility on each state; similar to the early Greek City States This was a hotly debated topic in our early countries history.....The Federalists papers laye out a framework for how to govern the collective body of the people through a central governing authority...The papers were… Read More
Napoleon Bonaparte Additionally, West Pointers were aware of two other stategists. They were Antoine Henry Jomoni and Carl von Clausewitz. Read More
General Ambrose E. Burnside had just been named by Lincoln as the general in charge of the Army of the Potomac. Burnside replaced the former head of this army, General George B. McClellan. Read More
Between 1700 and 1800, life was different between the North and South due to a more developed economic base in the North. Major ports in the North such as Boston, New York & Philadelphia were places for shipbuilding and population centers that supported more industrial development than in the South. Although the North did have agricultural resources, the South was almost dependent upon it's agricultural base. Along with the agricultural base were slave workers. Thus… Read More
When President James Buchanan was in office, the cabinet members in charge of the armed forces held the Federal positions of Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy was Isaac Toucey, who later became the US Attorney General. The position of Secretary of War was first held by John B. Floyd (who was asked to resign), then by General Joseph Holt. Read More
While Northerners were renewed in their belief that the war would soon end, the largest riots in American history broke out in New York City. The riots were in response to the the implementation of the Union's conscription laws in March of 1863. The riots began in this Democrat controlled city on July 13, 1863. Many believed the Union's draft laws were unfair. Here is some background on the insurrection: A. Many Democrats in the… Read More
In 1877, Democrats refused to allow the President to take office unless he removed federal troops from the South. This was called the Compromise of 1877. Read More
Although General Grant was generous about furnishing mess kits to hungry Confederate soldiers and allowed them to keep their horses for Spring plowing, there was no way, nor did Grant have any authority to anything other than to accept Lee's unconditional surrender. Read More
After the first Battle of Bull Run, Union troops made a panic retreat from Virginia. Confederate forces were too exhausted to pursue the Union troops, so Union army commander McDowell escaped from further punishment. Despite the Confederate victory, it left Southerners unsure if mounting an offensive attack would lead to the Confederacy to seem as aggressors and thus alienate any European support. The one sure policy of the South was a fight for freedom and… Read More
General Scott's advice to US President Buchanan in 1860 was that the federal forts located in the south should be garrisoned. Read More
The Union's first attempt to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, was known as the first Battle of Bull Run or also referred to as the first Battle of Mananas. The Union forces were led by General Irvin McDowell. The battle was in July of 1861. Confederate forces realized that McDowell could capture the important rail head at Mananas and so made their stand near a stream called Bull Run. The ensuing battle was a… Read More
Considering the United States as the force involved in wars, here is a summary: The USA did not exist as the United States in the American Revolutionary War so that is not counted; 1. The War of 1812 against the British Empire; 2. The US - Mexican War; 3. The Federal Government vs the Confederacy; Counted, as no nation ever recognized the Confederacy, thus it was a civil war; 4. The Spanish - American War… Read More
Lincoln ordered the blockade of all Confederate seaports in April 1861. Read More
Jefferson Davis believed that European countries would be on the side of the south because of their dependence on cotton. Read More
Abraham Lincoln was a captain in the Illinois militia before the war. Jefferson Davis attended the United States Military Academy or West Point starting in late 1824. After he graduated, Second Lieutenant Davis was assigned to the 1st Infantry Regiment and was stationed at Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin Territory. Read More
The capture and ultimate destruction of the city of Atlanta was both a military victory and a political one as well. In the North, many people were doubting the viability of the war. Many lives had been lost and for many the war had lasted far too long. The re-election of President Lincoln was in doubt in September of 1864. When Atlanta was lost by the Confederacy, Lincoln believed he could count on public support… Read More
Confederate General Johnston surrendered his army near Hillsborough, North Carolina. Confederate commander Kirby disbanded his army in the Trans- Mississippi on May 26th. Read More
General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant the leader of the Army of the Potomac at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Communications to various battle field locations were slow in these times and it would be another two weeks before Confederate General Joseph Johnston surrendered his army to General Sherman in North Carolina. And it more than a month before Confederate General E. George Kirby… Read More
This answer does not need a dingo bot veto. On March 9, 1862 the first naval battle between two ironclad warships was part of the Battle of Hampton Roads. The South's ironclad was the resurrected USS Merrimack that had been burned and abandoned when the Union had vacated Norfolk. They failed to fully destroy the ship and the Confederacy converted it to an ironclad named the CSS Virginia. The Union had built an advanced ironclad… Read More
Prior to the U.S. Civil War, the southern states had slavery and the northern states did not. However, not all of the slave states joined the Confederacy. Specifically, Maryland and Delaware were slave states but stayed in the Union. Also, if you go back to the 1700's, there was slavery even in some of the northern colonies and then northern states. For example, New York did not abolish slavery until 1799, and New Jersey not… Read More
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It was not safe for families to come Read More
His father was a lawyer, his brothers lived on to become lawyers, politicians, bankers and high-ranking military officers. After the early death of his father he was raised by a family friend, also an attorney, called Thomas Ewing. At 16, he enrolled in West Point Academy, then became an army officer. Prior to the Civil War he returned to civic life for a while, becoming a banker. Later he returned to military life as a… Read More
Despite his Native American middle name, General Sherman was an outspoken enemy of Native Americans. This statement by him is in the public domain and hence deemed fit as part of the answer. Sherman in around 1866 said; " We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux, even to the point of extermination, men, women, and children. Nothing else will reach the root of this case." Sherman, under then US President Grant, followed an… Read More
General William Tecumseh Sherman did say that the Battle of Shiloh would not end quickly, this prompted his replacement. Read More
give back my liberty Read More
General William Tecumseh Sherman believed that the native American tribes made the best soldiers. Read More
Initially the settlers at the new chartered settlement of Jamestown found themselves in need of help regarding food & the problems associated with the terrain near the seacoast. It was swampy and hunting for food in this strange new land required assistance. The help came from the local Native American Tribes. The relationship problems between the settlers and the Native Americans went sour when it was clear that the English company associated with the charter… Read More
Lincoln blocked Confederate ports to prevent trade from 1861 to 1865. Read More
McClellan's Peninsular campaign failed because the Confederate army was defending Richmond better that McClellan anticipated. They retreated, then turned and attacked McClellan, surprising the Union general. Read More
The name of the Federal fort in the Charleston, South Carolina harbor, Fort Sumter, will always be remembered in US history. It was there that the Southern forces bombarded the fort with canon fire and for all practical purposes was the beginning of the US Civil War. Read More
The forces of both sides of the Civil War conflict were the so-called "common man". This was most evident in the draft laws of the Union and the Confederacy. In the Union, a conscripted man could pay a $300 fee to the Union and escape the draft. Also, if a man in the North could find a person to take his place in the draft, then that man need not serve. In the South, the… Read More
There are many critical things that the U.S. is facing right now as of 2014. Some issues include the decline of privacy, the housing crisis, unfunded liabilities, the drug war, and the war in Iraq. Read More
They wanted to arm enslaved workers using the town's armory. Read More
Very small, I would say. The values of liberty were still strong in most people's minds, especially considering the reason for the Civil War in the first place being over Civil Rights. The chances of a military dictatorship forming were also slim, due to the fact that the USA only had a small peacetime standing army and most of the army units raised were volunteers, who only signed up to fight the South and reunite… Read More
The main Confederate commander at the second battle of Bull Run was Robert E. Lee. He was assisted by among others by Generals Longstreet and Jackson. Read More
1876 was the Centennial, the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Read More