Articles related to "1848"

The 1848 national election may have laid the groundwork for a decade of growing division between the North and the South through the issue of the extension of slavery.

In 1848, several revolutions broke out in Europe as despotic rulers were confronted with popular demands for liberal constitutions and more democratic government.

For Americans captured by the Mexican Army captivity was not harsh. While accounts of captivity are sparse, Capt. Cassius M. Clay left an account of his imprisonment.

Politicians and civic leaders saw an opportunity to extend the goals of Manifest Destiny by using the American occupation of Mexico as a natural step toward annexation.

In comparison to South America, North America, and other Caribbean islands, the Virgin Islands' shift from slavery to emancipation was a meek and almost bloodless affair.

A gathering that would spark an organized movement to change the status of women in America

Each year in late September into early October, the German State of Bavaria is overrun with tourists who come for its annual Oktoberfest beer festival.

Perched in the tower of Dresden's Church of the Holy Cross, or Kreuzkirche, Richard Wagner took part in one of the most dramatic episodes of the city's history.

No one could have imagined the far-reaching implications of the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in Northern California.

Due to the belief in the validity of Manifest Destiny, especially in military and political arenas, the United States' military had enough backing to win against Mexico.

Brief biography of 19th century author William Makepeace Thackeray, best-known for his works Vanity Fair and The Book of Snobs.

In the murky and mostly unexplored depths of the North Sea there could be sea serpents as yet undiscovered by humans as many strange 'sightings' have been reported here.

It's no wonder that Stillwater, Minnesota is a favorite with visitors. The area's setting is naturally beautiful, it offers great shopping and architectural treasures.

Born in a log cabin, Millard Fillmore demonstrated that through methodical industry and competence an uninspiring man could rise to greatness.

Initially proposed in 1867, the Virgin Islands were acquired in response to an inflated fear of German hegemony during a tentative period of the First World War.

Carl Schurz, a German emigrant from the 1848 European revolutions, supported Abraham Lincoln and led soldiers into the major battles of the Civil War.

A nutshell biography of three famous Brontë sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne.

The Mexican War ends. The issue of Free Soil or Slave State in new territories arises. California Gold and The Wilmot Proviso.

Brief biography of French author George Sand, famous for her Bohemian lifestyle. Like George Eliot, Sand was a woman.

In 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment assured freed slaves the right to vote. At that time a woman's right to vote was still not universal.

Oberleutanant Adolph Hofrichter, in an attempt to gain promotion, set out to murder ten officers ahead of him for an appointment to the General Staff Academy in 1909.

Years before the outbreak of the Civil War, Northerners and Southerners were sharply divided over whether the territories taken from Mexico should be opened to slavery.

Biography of François René Chateaubriand, influential French writer famous for Memoirs from Beyond the Grave. Founder of French Romanticism.

Great Britain that took an early lead in the process of industrialisation. The early success of the industrial revolution promoted economic and industrial change abroad.

Called "Old Rough and Ready," Zachary Taylor earned his fame in the Mexican-American War, and was elected President solely on this experience.

There are various factors and reasons for the rise of factories during the industrial revolution, which began in Great Britain.

The rights of women have improved significantly over the course of the 20th century. Here is a brief introduction to the suffrage movement.

Edgar Allan Poe's escapes into the bottle are legendary beginning when he was a small boy until his death at age forty.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped found the American woman's rights movement, led the Seneca Falls Convention, wrote The Woman's Bible and brought about change for women.

Overview of the struggle for unification in 19th-Century Germany, under Otto Von Bismark and the Kaiser.

The small village of Haworth in Yorkshire continues to attract thousands of visitors every year to see the parsonage where the Bronte family lived.

The Seneca Falls Convention was seen as the platform for women's rights. It was designed for women and people of color to have a political voice.

The Hunterian Museum presents one of the world's oldest anatomical collections side by side with the latest advances in surgery to reveal 400 years of medical history.

As the new nation came of age, discontent in Europe created immigrant patterns from Ireland and Germany that peaked in the 1850s with millions of new Americans.

John Quincy Adams, the only President elected to the House of Representatives after his Presidency, participates in a controversial vote, then collapses and dies.

King Ludwig I helped make Munich a cultural center of Munich. He was forced to abdicate in 1848, in part because of his detested mistress, Lola Montez.

Qualchan, a Yakama warrior, defended tribal lands, in the tradition of Geronimo, Cochise, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse. Yet, Qualchan's story was lost in the mists of time.

There are not many historic buildings left from the time when Russia reigned in Alaska. Russian Orthodox Churches are a visible sign of Alaska's Russian past.

Bazalgette was the brilliant civil engineer whose work included a new drainage system to cure "The Great Stink" caused by the polluted river Thames in Victorian London

How different common temperature scales compare and their freezing and boiling points of water. How to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit or Fahrenheit to Celsius.

The medical miracle that happened to Phineas Gage contributed leaps and bounds to modern neurology. It affirmed the role of frontal cortex to social cognition functions.

King Frederick VII was the last Oldenburg king of Denmark, and was succeeded by King Christian IX who began the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg dynasty.

More than virtually any other previous President, Andrew Jackson was elected on the popular vote and as a result saw himself as the representative of the people.

Born to a Dutch farmer and tavern-keeper in 1782, President Martin Van Buren's fastidious appearance belied his humble origins in Kinderhook, New York.

From the mid nineteenth century to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, a Central American canal preoccupied long term hemispheric motivations and goals.

The Bronte Society have gathered a remarkable collection of items used and produced by the famous Bronte family, displayed in their original home at Haworth Parsonage.

The Wilmot Proviso represented a key step toward the debate over Congressional prerogatives regarding the extension of slavery into lands acquired from Mexico in 1848.

The discovery of a comet led Mitchell to be the first woman member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1848.

Of all movements emerging from 19th Century radicalism, Bakunin's anarchism was the most effective and continued to influence 20th Century revolutionary activities.

Modern authors like Stephen King paved their way to status with the short story. It continues to be a powerful voice in literature.