Content. Battle Cry of Freedom covers two decades, the period from the outbreak of the Mexican–American War to the Civil War's ending at Appomattox.Thus, it examined the Civil War era, not just the war, as it combined the social, military and political events of the period within a single narrative framework.

Result: American victory Treaty of Paris of 1898; Founding of the First Philippine Republic and beginning of the Philippine–American War; Spain sells to Germany the last colonies in the Pacific in 1899 and end of the Spanish Empire in America and Asia.; Territorial changes: Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba; cedes Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands to …

The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a work by English and American political activist Thomas Paine, arguing for the philosophical position of deism.It follows in the tradition of 18th-century British deism, and challenges institutionalized religion and the legitimacy of the Bible.It was published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807.

The Solid South or Southern bloc was the electoral voting bloc of the states of the Southern United States for issues that were regarded as particularly important to the interests of Democrats in those states. The Southern bloc existed especially between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.During this period, the Democratic Party …

See also Category:Historians of the United States. Henry Adams (1838–1918) – history of the United States in the presidential administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison; Stephen Ambrose (1936–2002) – biographer of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon; Edward L. Ayers (born 1953) – U.S. South, founder of the Institute for Advanced …

1921 – Washington SyCip, American-Filipino accountant (d. 2017) 1923 – Andy Jack, English footballer; 1924 – Max Trepp, Swiss sprinter (d. 1990) 1925 – Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010) 1925 – Ebrahim Amini, Iranian politician (d. 2020)

Ronald Wilson Reagan (/ ˈ r eɪ ɡ ən / RAY-gən; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.A member of the Republican Party from 1962 onward, he also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 after having a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.

Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator.Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he voted before the Civil War. Elected by the Mississippi legislature to the United States Senate as a Republican to represent …

Massachusetts played a major role in the causes of the American Civil War, particularly with regard to the political ramifications of the antislavery abolitionist movement. Antislavery activists in Massachusetts sought to influence public opinion and applied moral and political pressure on the United States Congress to abolish slavery. William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), of Boston …

The Roanoke Colony was the first English colony in the New World. It was founded at Roanoke Island in what was then Virginia, now part of Dare County, North Carolina.Between 1584 and 1587, there were two major groups of settlers sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh who attempted to establish a permanent settlement at Roanoke Island, and each failed. The final group …

Damien Sayre Chazelle (/ ʃ ə ˈ z ɛ l /; born January 19, 1985) is a French-American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his films Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), and First Man (2018).. For Whiplash, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.His biggest commercial success came with La La Land, which was nominated for …