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Born on this day.
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Born on this day.
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Born on this day
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published in 1852, and according to Will Kaufman, a professor of American Literature and culture, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War".
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed on this day by Congress. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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Lincoln warns America that they are becoming a "house-divided"(History) because of the issue of slavery in western states and the individual rights states should have.
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The famous historian Frederick Jackson Turner wrote a thesis paper on the frontier titled "The Significance of the American Frontier". In his paper, Turner theorized that the frontier is the reason why Americans have the values of democracy, hard-work, individualism, and equality that we do today. According to Turner, the frontier was the very moment in history that defined Americans.
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Died on this day.
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Died on this day.
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Died on this day.
