During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the United States saw many problems come and go. Some problems were more important than others. However, all led to the further division of American politics. The most divisive issue in American politics during this time frame was the idea o...

During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the United States saw many problems come and go. Some problems were more important than others, however all led to further division of American politics. The most divisive issue in American politics during this time frame was the idea of Mani...

During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the United States saw many problems come and go. Some problems were more important than others, however all led to further division of American politics. The most divisive issue in American politics during this time frame was the idea of ...

Andrew Johnson It is said that President Andrew Johnson was one of the worst presidents in American History, being the first of only two presidents to have been impeached by the House of Representatives. But was the impeachment of Andrew Johnson justified? Andrew Johnson was proof that anyon...

During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the United States saw many issues and conflicts rise and pass, some more important than others. However, all of these issues, whether big or small, led to further division of politics in the United States. The most dividing issue durin...

Abraham Lincoln, our sixteenth president may have arisen to tremendous heights but came from the most humble of beginnings. Born in Hodgenville, Kentucky in an impoverish log cabin on February 12, 1809, the future president of the United States of America was not even sent to school to learn to read...

John Brown's raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859, involved only a handful of abolitionists, freed no slaves, and was over in two days. Although many Northerners condemned the raid, by 1863, John Brown had become a hero and martyr in the North. John Brown was a...

President Lincoln introduced his restoration plan to the country in 1863. During early Reconstruction many compromises were made to introduce the south into American society. Thus incorporating the needs of the newly emancipated slaves. While President Lincoln was crucial in trying to join the...

History Repeated A Confederate Soldier, on leave from war, was captured, imprisoned and denied any right to a trial. Though summoned by the Chief of Justice of the United States of America, John Merryman, by right of Habeas Corpus was denied a trial (Britannia Sec.1). In 1679 the incorporatio...