When southern states turned themselves into a Confederacy – a political system in which each state is sovereign – they were attempting an arrangement that had never before been tried in United States history.
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With the Gold Rush, California’s population rapidly swelled…
With the Gold Rush, California’s population rapidly swelled to nearly 100,000 people in about a year. Accordingly, California petitioned to become a formal United States territory. That’s a normal part of the process of becoming a state. What happened when California made this completely reasonable request and why?
Who rules in a republic?
Who rules in a republic?
In 1832, South Carolina nullified the federal tariff and ref…
In 1832, South Carolina nullified the federal tariff and refused to collect the tax. President Andrew Jackson threatened to respond with force. A civil war might have broken out at this point. Why didn’t it, according to the lectures?
What was the argument put forward the the “South Carolina Ex…
What was the argument put forward the the “South Carolina Exposition and Protest?
So many people traveled the Oregon Trail that swales (ruts)…
So many people traveled the Oregon Trail that swales (ruts) from the trail are visible to this day.
In what ways did the Mexican-American War contribute to the…
In what ways did the Mexican-American War contribute to the coming Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during the second year of t…
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during the second year of the Civil War.
The upper south hesitated to secede at first. What action b…
The upper south hesitated to secede at first. What action by Abraham Lincoln drove most of them out of the United States?
Plymouth, “The Errand into the Wilderness,” Pilgrims, Salem,…
Plymouth, “The Errand into the Wilderness,” Pilgrims, Salem, Puritans, Charles Sumner. These terms/people are all associated with Virginia.