Peter Loebach 7433 Cinnabar Terrace Gaithersburg Maryland 20879 LET 3 Colonel Zadok Magruder High School 5939 Muncaster Mill Road Rockville, Maryland 20855 The Battle of Antietam was fought on September 17, 1862. The United States Army of the Potomac led by General George B. McClellan fought against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee. The battle was considered the bloodiest battle in American history where both sides suffer a great amount of losses. I have learned of the political turning point of this battle. Had the outcomes have change the south could have won the civil war.
Civil War Motivation For four years during the early 1860’s the United States of America was split into two separate countries, the north and the south. After the presidential election of 1860 when Abraham Lincoln was elected president, seven southern states seceded and formed the confederacy. This happened because Lincoln was determined to stop slavery from growing and expanding any more than it already had. The Civil War was a four year battle from 1861 to 1865 that turned fellow American citizens against one-another which resulted in the bloodiest war in American History. The country was split into the Confederacy of the South and The Union of the North and the soldiers that fought for each side had some similar and many different reasons
These papers were loyally devoted. The Richmond Whig, cheered on the almost defunct Whig Party, the Vindicator endorsed secession, while the Enquirer endorsed the Democratic Party. In the book Four Years in Rebel Capitals: An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death, author T.C. Deleon examined “The South’s best wartime newspapers boasted the thinking of some of the sharpest minds in the region.” When the war broke out in 1861, some 120 newspapers were published in Virginia. Every town of any size boasted at least a weekly paper.
They raised taxes from 10-50% and starved the populace to get the maximum profits. Nevertheless, the company continued to suffer financially, and influenced Parliament to pass the Tea Act in 1773 to lift import duties on tea shipped to the American colonies, which ultimately lead to the American War of Independence in April 1775. John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of Massachusetts. Hancock began his political career in Boston as a protégé of Samuel Adams, an influential local politician, though the two men later became estranged.
At the same time General George McClellan and his Union Army were moving up the peninsula toward Richmond. Eventually the Federals made it to Norfolk, ending Davis’ trips to that city and Vifquain and his friends’ plot. The Frenchmen then worked on getting back to Washington to join the Union Army. Vifquain went on to join the 97th Illinois and won the Medal of Honor for his bravery at the battle for Fort Blakely, Alabama, in April 1865. He reached the rank of brevet brigadier general and was later involved in Nebraska
Congress played a major role in the Civil War as the Republicans were in control of both chambers.After Election of 1866, the Radicals came into power and impeached president Johnson and controlled the Reconstruction policy. Then in the Election of 1874, Democrats regained control of the House and has continued to dominate the House. As Burns recaptures the long history, I came to learn new information regarding President Nixon’s political career, which was greatly damaged by the Watergate Scandal causing him to resign in 1974. The Watergate reshaped the relations between Congress and other branches and led to increased congressional oversight of federal intelligence agencies. The documentary ends with President Clinton in office for 1992, which caused the shift of balance of power in favor of the Democrats.
I’m talking about when two women on 21 August, 2015 made history by becoming the first to graduate from the traditionally all-male Army Ranger School.3 5. In conclusion, we have covered sex & gender as one of the 12 domains of culture and depicted how American women in the military have gone through a tremendous transformation going from being primarily telephone operators to modern day on the front lines of the battlefield bringing the fight to the terrorist’s front today. They have definitely led the way in equality; hopefully other countries can do the same for their military force. The military is truly not a male exclusive force
British Imperialism Name Course Lecturer Date Introduction On February 23, 1836, the landing of General Antonio Santa Anna's guard outside San Antonio almost got them off guard. Fearless, the Texans and Tetanus ready to protect the Alamo together. The safeguards held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's armed force. William B. Travis, the leader of the Alamo sent forward dispatchs convey requests for assistance to groups in Texas. On the eighth day of the attack, a band of 32 volunteers from Gonzales arrived, carrying the amount of shields to almost two hundred.
His political party was Republican serving only two terms, as he was assassinated on April 15, 1865. Abraham Lincoln is the most influential President in the United States because he put and kept the union from Civil war, enacted the Homestead Act, and crafted the thirteenth amendment, which ended slavery. Sothern leaders began to threaten about leaving the union, because of Republican plan to end slavery. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, as forces from the
Election Issues The election issue during Lincoln’s running was the split of the democratic party. Each candidate had to have a favorable position to how to approach the issues in the south such as slavery. Abraham Lincoln won 59.4% of the electoral vote and 39.9% of the popular vote.