ProQuest Dissertations - Rice Scholarship Home
... southern states had seceded from the Union, and just two days before the Star of the West had come under fire in Charleston Harbor as it attempted to re-supply federal troops at Fort Sumter. With political tensions high, a visibly troubled man sat in the executive mansion shuffling through the day's ...
... southern states had seceded from the Union, and just two days before the Star of the West had come under fire in Charleston Harbor as it attempted to re-supply federal troops at Fort Sumter. With political tensions high, a visibly troubled man sat in the executive mansion shuffling through the day's ...
The Commander-in-Chief and the Constitution: Ian Lawrence
... gunfight on the coast of South Carolina. Buchanan found some internal sense of direction by falling back on one constant — his respect for and reliance on the Constitution. In his analysis, only adhering to a strict interpretation of that document and closely following its prescriptions could save a ...
... gunfight on the coast of South Carolina. Buchanan found some internal sense of direction by falling back on one constant — his respect for and reliance on the Constitution. In his analysis, only adhering to a strict interpretation of that document and closely following its prescriptions could save a ...
The plunge into secession: The Presbyterian schism
... Charles Hodge was born in 1797 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania into an educated family. His father, Hugh, was schooled at Princeton and obtained a medical degree. His father died when Charles was seven months old. Hodge was surrounded by an extended familial unit of lawyers, ministers, and merchants. ...
... Charles Hodge was born in 1797 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania into an educated family. His father, Hugh, was schooled at Princeton and obtained a medical degree. His father died when Charles was seven months old. Hodge was surrounded by an extended familial unit of lawyers, ministers, and merchants. ...
“`REBELS AGAINST A REBELLION`: SOUTHERN UNIONISTS IN
... the Confederates. “It [was] well understood and known in the neighborhood by all there acquainted with the family, that they were all considered loyal to the U.S. government,” one of the Taylors’ unionist neighbors later stated. Moses wasn’t alone. Eliza had two other brothers sent away with her hus ...
... the Confederates. “It [was] well understood and known in the neighborhood by all there acquainted with the family, that they were all considered loyal to the U.S. government,” one of the Taylors’ unionist neighbors later stated. Moses wasn’t alone. Eliza had two other brothers sent away with her hus ...
Wednesday
... Congressional Reconstruction 7. Why did northern congressmen refuse to seat the southerners when they came to take their seats? (Hint: there are two reasons -- one moral and one practical) ANS: Johnson Clashes with Congress 8. How did Republicans use their dominance of Congress? What did President J ...
... Congressional Reconstruction 7. Why did northern congressmen refuse to seat the southerners when they came to take their seats? (Hint: there are two reasons -- one moral and one practical) ANS: Johnson Clashes with Congress 8. How did Republicans use their dominance of Congress? What did President J ...
James Garfield - Capitol Square Foundation
... philosophy of war in 1862—to aggressively carry the war to Southern civilians—was not then shared by the Union leadership. The tactic was later adopted and demonstrated in the campaigns of Generals Sherman and Sheridan.[38] Garfield made the following comment in 1862 concerning slavery: "...if a man ...
... philosophy of war in 1862—to aggressively carry the war to Southern civilians—was not then shared by the Union leadership. The tactic was later adopted and demonstrated in the campaigns of Generals Sherman and Sheridan.[38] Garfield made the following comment in 1862 concerning slavery: "...if a man ...
Nonfiction Reading Passages and Crosswords
... space vehicles that transport astronauts into outer space. Near this futuristic space center stand historic antebellum mansions, built before the Civil War. During the Civil War, Montgomery became the first Confederate capital, where Jefferson Davis served as Confederate President. The Confederate S ...
... space vehicles that transport astronauts into outer space. Near this futuristic space center stand historic antebellum mansions, built before the Civil War. During the Civil War, Montgomery became the first Confederate capital, where Jefferson Davis served as Confederate President. The Confederate S ...
Study Guide- The Civil War/The New West
... 11. Know what Henry Clay proposed when Missouri asked to be admitted to the Union. (Slide 3 of PowerPoint 56: Slavery Divides America I) Admit __________________________________________________ as a slave state and ______________________________________ as a free state 12. Know why Congress tried to ...
... 11. Know what Henry Clay proposed when Missouri asked to be admitted to the Union. (Slide 3 of PowerPoint 56: Slavery Divides America I) Admit __________________________________________________ as a slave state and ______________________________________ as a free state 12. Know why Congress tried to ...
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
... to an Army and a Nation (Free Press, 1999). More focused studies on Lincoln’s most vexing civil-military relationship include Chester Hearn, Lincoln and McClellan at War (Louisiana State University Press, 2012) and John C. Waugh, Lincoln and McClellan: The Troubled Partnership Between a President an ...
... to an Army and a Nation (Free Press, 1999). More focused studies on Lincoln’s most vexing civil-military relationship include Chester Hearn, Lincoln and McClellan at War (Louisiana State University Press, 2012) and John C. Waugh, Lincoln and McClellan: The Troubled Partnership Between a President an ...
USI
... 84. What was the main issue that divided the nation and led to the Civil War? F slavery G manufacturing H agricultural J explorers USI. 9a 85. The North was mainly an urban society where people ________. A B C D ...
... 84. What was the main issue that divided the nation and led to the Civil War? F slavery G manufacturing H agricultural J explorers USI. 9a 85. The North was mainly an urban society where people ________. A B C D ...
Dividing and Unifying: The Response to the Emancipation Proclamation, by Aaron Raschke
... was a conservative document that was intended to ease the North into the idea of all the slaves being free without actually freeing many slaves. Lincoln believed emancipation of the slaves was important to winning the war and in the Emancipation Proclamation he relayed that message to the general pu ...
... was a conservative document that was intended to ease the North into the idea of all the slaves being free without actually freeing many slaves. Lincoln believed emancipation of the slaves was important to winning the war and in the Emancipation Proclamation he relayed that message to the general pu ...
United States presidential election, 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860, and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. The United States had been divided during the 1850s on questions surrounding the expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. In 1860, these issues broke the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern factions, and a new Constitutional Union Party appeared. In the face of a divided opposition, the Republican Party, dominant in the North, secured a majority of the electoral votes, putting Abraham Lincoln in the White House with almost no support from the South. Before Lincoln's inauguration, seven Southern states declared their secession and formed the Confederacy.