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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the common man against a corrupt aristocracy and to preserve the Union. -
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans. -
Mores Code
Morse code is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks. Each Morse code symbol represents either a letter or numeral or a prosign and is represented by a unique sequence of dots and dashes. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. The convention was to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best selling novel of the 19th century and the second best selling book of that century -
Bull Run
The first major battle of the American Civil War. Each side had about 18,000 poorly trained and poorly led troops in their first battle. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
