U.S. Civil War 1861-1865 Jump To: Fort Sumter Attacked - First Bull Run - Shiloh - Second Bull Run - Antietam - Fredericksburg - Chancellorsville - Gettysburg - Chickamauga - Chattanooga - Cold Harbor - March to the Sea - Lee Surrenders - Lincoln Shot November 6, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln, who had declared "Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free..." is elected president, the first Republican, receiving 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40 percent of the popular vote. December 20, 1860 - South Carolina secedes from the Union. Followed within two months by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. Terms of use: Private home/school non-commercial, non-Internet re-usage only is allowed of any text, graphics, photos, audio clips, other electronic files or materials from The History Place.
The Civil War First Battle of Bull Run Kurz & Allison Civil War Facts Location Eastern Theater, Western Theater, Trans-Mississippi, Gulf Coast, Sioux Uprising Dates Soldiers Engaged Union: over 2,100,000 Confederate: over 1,000,000 Civil War Casualties Union: over 350,000 Confederate: over 250,000 See Details Of Civil War Casualties Outcome Union Victory Civil War Pictures The Civil War was the first war that was widely photographed. See our Civil War Pictures Civil War Maps The Civil War made wide use of battle maps. View our Civil War Maps Civil War Timeline See a timeline of events of the Civil War from 1861-1865. View our Civil War Timeline Civil War Battlefields The battlefields of the Civil War crossed the nation and made famous many previously unknown towns, crossroads, and farms like Antietam Creek, Shiloh and Gettysburg. View more Civil War Battlefields More Civil War Facts To view more Civil War facts and FAQs, please view our Civil War Facts page Civil War Articles » See all American Civil War Articles Milestones
Causes of the Civil War The issues that caused the Civil War had been brewing since the United States was formed. The most important causes Southerners listed for the war were unfair taxation, states' rights, and the slavery issue. Here are some primary sources that show how heated these issues had become by the late 1850s. Unfair Taxation The history and economy of the North were very different from those of the South. Laws unfavorable to the South were passed. Southerners felt that the Federal government was passing laws, such as import taxes, that treated them unfairly. "The Union must be preserved" -- Henry Clay, 1850 Kentucky Resolutions -- 1798 Lincoln's inaugural address "South has the right to secede" -- Jefferson Davis' inaugural address, February 1861 "The South has the right to secede from the Union" -- Alabama letter to Kentucky Governor Slavery Meanwhile, in the North, many religious groups worked hard to end slavery in the United States. Slaves are an important part of Kentucky agriculture.
A Brief Overview of the American Civil War Abraham Lincoln (National Archives) The Civil War is the central event in America's historical consciousness. While the Revolution of 1776-1783 created the United States, the Civil War of 1861-1865 determined what kind of nation it would be. Northern victory in the war preserved the United States as one nation and ended the institution of slavery that had divided the country from its beginning. The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. The event that triggered war came at Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay on April 12, 1861. But the real fighting began in 1862. Bodies in front of the Dunker Church - Antietam Battlefield (Library of Congress) For three long years, from 1862 to 1865, Robert E.
Cass Gilbert Cass Gilbert moved to New York in 1899 after a successful career in St. Paul, Minnesota, that included the design of the Minnesota State Capital. His earliest building in New York was the Broadway-Chambers Building (1899–1900), a skyscraper with significant polychromatic terra-cotta, which still stands on the corner of Broadway and Chambers Street. Gilbert designed several other major skyscrapers, including two major buildings clad in Gothic-inspired terra-cotta, the West Street Building (1905–07; seriously damaged by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers) and the Woolworth Building (1910–13). (b. Cass Gilbert was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1859. Works designed by the firm during the early 1930s were competent Classical buildings which lack the originality of such contemporary Modernists as Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Cass Gilbert was highly regarded by politicians and other luminaries of the day. By the 1950s, Gilbert's name slipped into obscurity.
American Civil War History - American Civil War In the mid-19th century, while the United States was experiencing an era of tremendous growth, a fundamental economic difference existed between the country’s northern and southern regions. In the North, manufacturing and industry was well established, and agriculture was mostly limited to small-scale farms, while the South’s economy was based on a system of large-scale farming that depended on the labor of black slaves to grow certain crops, especially cotton and tobacco. Growing abolitionist sentiment in the North after the 1830s and northern opposition to slavery’s extension into the new western territories led many southerners to fear that the existence of slavery in america—and thus the backbone of their economy—was in danger. In 1854, the U.S. Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which essentially opened all new territories to slavery by asserting the rule of popular sovereignty over congressional edict.
Cass Gilbert Buildings The Endicott Building143 East Fourth, Saint Paul The Endicott family of Boston owned a chain of drygoods stores. They needed to build a new store in Saint Paul, and they wanted a signature building to be built at a high profile location. The Endicott Building sits on an L-shaped lot. By all accounts, Cass Gilbert hit a home run with the Endicott Building. Inventing the Skyline - The Architecture of Cass Gilbert Published by Columbia University Press, Inventing the Skyline: The Architecture of Cass Gilbert is a hefty, picture-packed hardback edited by Margaret Heilbrun, library director for the New-York Historical Society. Who Was Cass Gilbert? Cass Gilbert was a craftsman and a visionary who combined historic forms with modern technologies. In the 1950s, ornamental designs based on historic models fell out of fashion. Beyond Biography Inventing the Skyline is not an intimate biography. How Cass Gilbert Designed Essays by four scholars analyze Gilbert's major projects, his sketches and watercolors and his contributions as a city planner. The Spirit of Cass Gilbert Cass Gilbert's success as a designer was due largely to his skill as a businessman and his ability to negotiate and compromise.
Great Buildings Online - Master Buildings List 2011.0227 30 St Mary Axe, "Swiss Re", by Norman Foster, at London, England, UK, 2000 to 2004 - "the Gherkin". 88 Wood Street, by Richard Rogers, at London, England, 1993 to 2001. A. E. G. High Tension Factory, by Peter Behrens, at Berlin, Germany, 1910. A. Top — A I B I C I D I E I F I G I H I I-J I K I L I M I N I O I P I Q I R I S I T I U I V I W I Y I Z Babson House, by Louis H. Campo Volantin Footbridge, by Santiago Calatrava, at Bilbao, Spain, 1990 to 1998. D. Eames House, by Charles Eames, at Pacific Palisades, California, 1945 to 1949. F. Galde House, vernacular, at Indonesia, house. H. I House, vernacular, at United States, 1800 to 1900. J. Kailasa Temple, by unknown, at Ellora, Maharashtra, India, 750. L'Institut du Monde Arabe, by Jean Nouvel, at Paris, France, 1987 to 1988.
Erik Erikson Stages of Development What are the most important stages in a person's life? It all depends. Using Erik Erikson stages of development as a model for the stages of thinking and learning for children, you will notice in each stage there are opportunities for positive ego development as well as deficits in one's character, not only before a child reaches his 20's, but throughout life. It is human to have a long childhood; it is civilized to have an even longer childhood. a technical and mental virtuoso out of man, but it also leaves a life-long residue of emotional immaturity in him. — Erik Homburger Erikson (1902-1994) Our personality traits come in opposites. The man who did a great deal to explore this concept is Erik Erikson. He organized life into eight stages that extend from birth to death (many developmental theories only cover childhood). : If you'd like to experience growing up with the positive affirmations we need for each stage of development, read Words of Encouragement for Everyone . 1. 2. 3. 4.
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