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Henry Clay
Henry Clay was a lawyer and a statesman who represented Kentucky in both the sante and the house of representive. -
Dorothea Dix
She was an American activist on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums. -
The Liberator
The liberator was an American abolitionist newspaper found by William Lloyd garrison and Issac Knapp in 1831. -
Black Hawk War
A brief conflict between the united state and the native americans,lead by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. -
Gas Mask
The gas mask was invented during the civil war to prevent death from gas attacks. -
Election Of 1860
United States presidential election of 1860, American presidential election held on November 6,1860, in which Abraham Lincoln defeated southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, and others to abolish slavery. -
Bull Run
Two months after Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter to begin the Civil War, the northern press and public were eager for the Union Army to make and advantage on Richmond ahead of the planned meeting of the Confederate Congress there on July 20. -
Bread Riots
This was events of civil unrest in the Confederacy, perpetrated mostly by women in March and April 1863. During these riots, which occurred in cities throughout the South, women and men violently invaded and looted various shops and stores. -
The Battle Of Gettysburg
It was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
Draft Riots
Known at the time as Draft Week, were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination of working class discontent with new laws passed through Congress that year to draft men to fight in the opening American Civil War.
