In 1857 a landmark case in American history before the American Civil War took place. Dred Scott was a slave who was raised in a slave state by his owner and then moved to a free state. After his owner’s death, Dred Scott sued for the freedom of both he and his wife. Scott based ...
While every U.S. president strives for greatness not everyone succeeds. Sometimes the pressure of the job is too much and the wrong decisions are made. Where will George W. Bush and Barack Obama stand in the annals of American history? Only time will tell. For now here is my list of the five worst presidents ...
Candidates: Democratic Party: James Buchanan (Pennsylvania) and John Breckenridge (Kentucky) Republican Party: John Fremont (California) and William Dayton (New Jersey) American (Know Nothing) Party: Millard Fillmore (New York) and Andrew Donelson (Tenn.) Election Results: Buchanan/Breckenridge:174 electoral votes, 1.83 million popular votes Fremont/Dayton: 114 electoral votes, 1.34 million popular votes Fillmore/Donelson: 8 electoral votes, 873,000 popular ...
COMMENTARY | When Abraham Lincoln was elected to the U.S. presidency in 1860, it was akin to lighting a fuse on a keg of gunpowder. The long national debate over slavery had gone back and forth with no resolution. Since Lincoln had made it part of his platform to resist the expansion of slavery, seven ...
In the decades leading up to the American Civil War, the nation experienced crisis after crisis as politicians endlessly debated and citizens took arms against each other to settle political problems. The presidents that followed Zachary Taylor either did nothing to slow the slide to war or actually made the problems facing the United States ...
One of the many heated debates of historians today involves arguing who the greatest President of the United States was. Americans are attracted to good leaders; almost magnetized by their personality and sense of purpose. Leaders like Jackson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Wilson are all noted for a sense of vision and calculated course of action. ...
With Barack Obama in the White House, the government’s main website has undergone some changes. It’s appearance is more formal and stately, and the Whitehouse.gov/kids page as been replaced with a more general page about The White House. The coloring pages which were formerly located on the main Whitehouse.gov website have been moved to the ...