The Reconstruction of the Union was in some cases considered a second Civil war. Racism and intimidation left reconstruction a failure. Different subjects such as politics, economics, reform, race, and sectionalism are important to understand Reconstruction. During Reconstruction two prominent parties were formed. The North had the Radical Republicans and the South had the Conservative ...
On April 9th, 1865 one of the Union generals, Grant, intercepted one of the Confederate’s generals, Lee at Appomattox. Lee with no other option surrendered. Although there were a number of Confederate armies who hadn’t surrendered yet this signaled the end of the war. This is where reconstruction began. Through the arguments and actions put ...
On Tuesday August 25, 2009 the world learns that U.S. Democratic Senator, Ted Kennedy, dies of brain cancer. Ted Kennedy began his political career during November of 1962. He has had his moments in the sun and his moments in the clouds, as the second most senior of the Senate had little to say, unless ...
Andrew Johnson (1808 -1875) was born in North Carolina to a family of modest means and lived in a tiny house in Raleigh. His father was the local constable who heroically rescued three people from drowning , but then fell ill and died while Andrew was only three years old.As he grew up, his mother ...
Honest Abe, sure by now plenty of people know that Old Abraham was a fan of wrestling but did you know: Abraham Lincoln was the first president with a beard …Or at least the first president to be seen with one. Between 1860 and 1913, all but two presidents sported a ‘stache or wicked sideburns. ...
