More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the ... The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without ...

This media landscape helped bring about the Civil War. Jon Grinspan ... had been around for centuries, but as American rates ...

Even during the Civil War — our country’s most ... by a tiny minority who trampled on American values to stay rich. But many Americans saw the 1860 election as an opportunity to turn the ...

Lincoln’s election was followed by the secession of several southern states which led to the Civil War. Republican Abraham ... presidential elections in American history: 1800, 1824, 18 ...

The essays in American Literature in Transition, 1820-1860 offer a new approach to the antebellum era, one that frames the age not merely as the precursor to the Civil War but as indispensable for ...

This month’s submissions include a rare 19th-century American lithograph, an early Missouri coin silver mustard ladle, and a midcentury cabinet radio/record player, all descended through families.

An image from Harper’s Weekly depicts the ‘Grand procession of Wide-Awakes at New York on the evening of October 3, 1860 ... helped bring the Civil War. The point is not that 21st century ...

“The Civil War was so fascinating ... deal with the vast territories the U.S. had amassed during the Mexican American War: California entered the Union as a free state, but the citizens of ...

1812: British forces defeat US forces attempting to invade Canada at the Battle of Queenstown Heights. 1860: The oldest surviving aerial photo is taken from a balloon of Boston, Massachusettes.

Civil War veteran, with a picture of Abraham Lincoln National Portrait Gallery Abraham Lincoln National Museum of American History Lincoln Parade Axe, 1860 National Museum of American History Abraham ...

The ship Cerro Gordo, carrying 1889 bales of cotton from New Orleans to Ireland, was driven onto a shoal near Loggerhead Key ...