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Parent topics
- U.S. History [r]: The history of the United States from the colonial era to the present. [e]
- United States of America [r]: Constitutional republic in North America, has major land borders with Mexico and Canada. [e]
- Confederate States of America [r]: Government formed by eleven southern states of the United States between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War. [e]
Subtopics
- Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Born in Illinois, President of the United States during the American Civil War. [e]
- Jefferson Davis [r]: (1808-1889) Democratic Senator from Mississippi, Secretary of War, and president of the Confederate States of America. [e]
- Slavery [r]: A social system in which people have legal rights of property ownership over others. [e]
- U.S. slavery era [r]: The history of black slavery in the United States. [e]
Pre-Civil War
- U.S. Civil War, Origins [r]: The U.S. Civil War emerged from the expansion of slavery in the U.S. and its implication in all aspects of U.S. society, economy, and politics. [e]
- Missouri Compromise [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Compromise of 1850 [r]: In U.S. history a series of laws intending to resolve pro-slavery/anti-slavery issues but yielded only greater conflict leading, eventually, to the U.S. Civil War. [e]
- Kansas Nebraska Act [r]: A U.S. Congressional Act of 1854 creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowing the settlers to decide whether or not to allow slavery. [e]
- John Brown [r]: (1800-59) American abolitionist who led a raid on the U.S. federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and was hanged for his efforts, becoming a martyr in the antislavery fight as a result. [e]
Civil War military engagements
- First Battle of Bull Run [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Second Battle of Bull Run [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of Hampton Roads [r]: Fought in March 1862 during the American Civil War, the first combat between steam-powered armored warships, CSS Virginia and USS Monitor [e]
- Battle of Gettysburg [r]: A turning point in the American Civil War, July 1-3, 1863, on the outskirts of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [e]
- Battle of Shiloh [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of Chickamauga [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vicksburg Campaign [r]: The major action in the western theater of the American Civil War, taking place in 1862-1863 [e]
- Siege of Petersburg [r]: A series of military operations, from mid-June, 1864 to April 1, 1865, in the area around Richmond, Virginia and Petersburg, Virginia; more a positional or trench campaign than a classic siege of an urban area; [e]
Civil War military leaders
- Ulysses S. Grant [r]: (1822-1885) American general and 18th president of the United States (1869-1877). [e]
- Robert E. Lee [r]: (1807-1870) American soldier who became the outstanding general of the Confederate army in the American Civil War and a postwar icon of the South's "lost cause." [e]
- William Tecumseh Sherman [r]: United States Army general in the American Civil War, where he was the field command partner of the strategist, Ulysses S. Grant; Chief of Staff of the Army after the war's end [e]
- Reconstruction [r]: The attempt from 1865 to 1877 in American history to resolve the issues of the American Civil War. [e]
- Uncle Tom's Cabin [r]: 1851-52 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe depicting slave condtions in the American South. [e]
- Florence Nightingale [r]: British nursing pioneer (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910). [e]
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- 37th United States Congress [r]: U.S. Congress seated March 4, 1861 to March 3, 1863, the first two years of President Abraham Lincoln's first term. [e]
- 38th United States Congress [r]: U.S. Congress seated March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865, the last two years of President Abraham Lincoln's first term. [e]
- African American literature [r]: The body of literature produced in the USA by writers of African descent. [e]
- Allan Nevins [r]: (1890 - 1971), American historian known for his history of the Civil War era, political biographies, and business histories. [e]
- American election campaigns, 19th century [r]: In the 19th century during the First Party System, the Second Party System and the Third Party System the United States invented or developed a number of new methods for conducting American Election Campaigns. [e]
- Andrew Jackson [r]: An American general who defeated the British at New Orleans in 1815 and was U.S. President from 1829-1837. [e]
- Andrew Johnson [r]: The 17th president of the United States of America (1865-69) after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in April 1865. [e]
- Benjamin Harrison [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Benjamin Harrison (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
- Blitzkrieg [r]: A military doctrine involving the breakthrough, at key points of the enemy lines, of highly mobile forces, usually of high technology for the time, which would then disrupt the enemy rear [e]
- Charles A. Beard [r]: (1874–1948) one of the most influential American historians of the early 20th century; leader of the "Progressive School" of historiography. [e]
- Charles Sumner [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chemical weapon [r]: A weapon that cause death or disease by means of chemical interaction with the metabolism of the victim, as opposed to causing injury through blast, thermal, or other effects not on a molecular level [e]
- Chester A. Arthur [r]: The 21st President of the United States. [e]
- Civil war (disambiguation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Confederation [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Confederation (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
- Division (military) [r]: A regularly constituted military formation that combines infantry, artillery and cavalry. [e]
- Economic warfare [r]: The use of principally non-military methods to impose national policy, when those methods deal in the broad sense of economics, such as embargoes, freezing assets, and buying up raw materials. It may be complemented by military means such as intercepting supply shipments or attacking factories. [e]
- Extrajudicial detention, U.S. [r]: Situations where the Executive Branch of the United States government has detained individuals without the authority of the judicial branch of government; there have been many cases going back to through the early history of the nation, sometimes during overt war, and, perhaps better known at present, directed against non-national threats. [e]
- Fenian brotherhood [r]: 19th century Irish nationalist organization based in the USA. [e]
- Fourth Party System [r]: Period in American political history from about 1896 to 1932, the Progressive Era. [e]
- Franklin Pierce [r]: (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) The 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. [e]
- Freedmen's Bureau [r]: Federal agency created in March 1865 to help distressed refugees, primarily freed slaves, of the American Civil War. [e]
- George Washington [r]: First President of the United States (1789-1797) and commander in chief of the Continental Army. [e]
- German Americans [r]: The largest ethnic group in the United States, with over 45 million people, comprising over a fourth of the white population. [e]
- Gilded Age [r]: the post-Civil War era in American history, from 1865 to 1901, which saw unprecedented economic, industrial, and population expansion. [e]
- Government of the United States of America [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Grover Cleveland [r]: The 22nd and 24th President of the United States, and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms. [e]
- Henry Clay [r]: (1777-1852) American Whig Party leader, 3-time failed presidential candidate, and broker of North/South compromises that held the Union together. [e]
- Henry David Thoreau [r]: (1817-62) New England transcendentalist philosopher, naturalist, and writer; one of key inspirations for the modern conservation movement. [e]
- Homefront [r]: The non-military actions of a nation at war, including its government, politics, society, economy and culture. [e]
- In God We Trust [r]: National motto of the United States of America since 1956, appears on United States Federal Reserve bank notes and U.S. Treasury-issued coins. [e]
- Insurgency [r]: A wide range of political and military actions intended to change a government, through means considered illegal by that government. [e]
- Jacksonian Democracy [r]: The political philosophy of the Second Party System in the United States in the 1820s to 1840s, especially the positions of President Andrew Jackson and his followers in the new Democratic Party. [e]
- James Buchanan [r]: Only U.S. President (15th), 1857-1861, that never married. Democratic Senator and Secretary of State under President James K. Polk. [e]
- James G. Blaine [r]: Republican presidential candidate in 1884; politician of the American Civil War, Reconstruction and Gilded Age eras. [e]
- James Garfield [r]: The 20th President of the United States, serving in 1881, and a Republican U.S. Congressman from Ohio. [e]
- James K. Polk [r]: (1795–1849) Eleventh President of the U.S.A. [e]
- James Madison [r]: (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836), An American politician, political theorist, Secretary of State, fourth President of the United States of America (1809–1817) and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. [e]
- James Monroe [r]: (1758-1831) The fifth president of the United States (1817-1825), best known for sponsoring the Monroe Doctrine, and for presiding over a lessening of partisan tensions known as the "Era of Good Feelings." [e]
- John Adams [r]: (1735-1826) An American Founding Father, diplomat, and the second President of the United States from 1797-1801. [e]
- John Quincy Adams [r]: (1767-1848) was the sixth president of the United States (1825-1829), and the son of President John Adams (1797-1801). [e]
- John Tyler [r]: (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) A United States politician and the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845). [e]
- Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions [r]: Add brief definition or description
- King Cotton [r]: A slogan used by southerners in 1860-61 to support secession from the United States. [e]
- Lieutenant general [r]: A senior military rank in ground or air forces, leading a corps-size organization, occupying a major staff leadership role, or, in some countries, commanding the entire military [e]
- Logistics (military) [r]: "The science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of forces." (Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms) [e]
- Mark Hanna [r]: (1837 – 1904) A leader of the U.S. Republican Party; campaign manager of President William McKinley. [e]
- Mark Kellogg [r]: (March 31, 1831 - June 25, 1876) A newspaper reporter killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. [e]
- Martin Van Buren [r]: (1782-1862) An American politician and President of the United States (1837-1841). [e]
- Methodist Church, South [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Military formation (ground) [r]: The military term for a grouping of units. [e]
- Millard Fillmore [r]: The thirteenth President of the United States following the death of President Zachary Taylor. [e]
- President of the United States of America [r]: Head of state and government of the United States of America; elected through an electoral college and responsible for appointing Federal judges and senior officials of the executive branch, subject to Senate confirmation [e]
- Radical Republican [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Railway history [r]: The story of the railways of the world from the early 19th century in Britain to the present day. [e]
- Republicanism [r]: The political ideology of a nation as a republic, with an emphasis on liberty, rule by the people, and the civic virtue practiced by citizens. [e]
- Rutherford B. Hayes [r]: (1822-1893) The Republican President of the United States, 1877-1881. [e]
- Samuel Bowles [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scalawag [r]: A Southern white American who joined the Republican party during Reconstruction. [e]
- Slave Power [r]: Add brief definition or description
- South Carolina, History [r]: One of the original states of the United States. [e]
- South Carolina [r]: A State in the South-eastern USA. [e]
- Stephen A. Douglas [r]: (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) American politician from the western state of Illinois, who was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860, losing to Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln. [e]
- Tariff, U.S. history [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Terrorism [r]: An act, with targets including civilians or civilian infrastructure, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. [e]
- Thaddeus Stevens [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Theodore Roosevelt [r]: (1858-1919), Twenty-sixth President of the United States, naturalist, historian, political reformer, and Progressive Era politician. [e]
- Third Battle of Winchester [r]: Fought in the Valley Campaign of 1864 of the American Civil War, and also known as the Battle of Opequon; a Union victory on September 19, 1864, fought in the vicinity of Winchester, Virginia [e]
- Third Great Awakening [r]: The Third Great Awakening was a period of increased pietism and social activism in the last half of the 19th century; associated with the Social Gospel, Settlement House, and Charity Organization movements. [e]
- Third Party System [r]: The political universe in American politics from about 1854 to the mid 1890s; the main concerns were nationalism. [e]
- Thomas Jefferson [r]: (1743-1826) Third President of the United States; author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom; father of the University of Virginia [e]
- Torpedo [r]: A naval weapon that travels underwater, using its own propulsion, to attack its target, minimally with onboard mechanisms to keep it on a straight course. Modern torpedoes are underwater guided missiles that can track their target and adjust their course to hit it [e]
- U.S. Democratic Party, history [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Department of the Treasury [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Economic history [r]: The economic history of the United States. [e]
- U.S. Republican Party [r]: One of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; center-right; the elephant is its symbol. [e]
- U.S. foreign policy [r]: The foreign relations and diplomacy of the United States since 1775. [e]
- Ulrich B. Phillips [r]: (1877 - 1934) An early 20th century American historian who revolutionized the study of slavery and the plantation South. [e]
- Union Blockade [r]: The closing of Confederate ports by the Union Navy 1861-1865, during the American Civil War. [e]
- United States Army [r]: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
- United States Navy Regulations [r]: principal regulatory document of the U.S. Department of the Navy, endowed with the sanction of administrative law, as to duty, responsibility, authority, distinctions and relationships of various commands, officials and individuals [e]
- War [r]: A state of violent conflict which exists between two or more independent groups, each seeking to impose its will on the other. [e]
- William Henry Harrison [r]: (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the first governor of Indiana Territory, a senator representing Ohio and the 9th President of the United States. [e]
- Wilmot Proviso [r]: A proposal, advanced several times 1848-54 but never adopted, for the U.S. Congress to forbid the expansion of slavery into the Southwest. [e]
- Yankee [r]: An American of New England origin or heritage; a Northerner in the American Civil War [e]
- Zachary Taylor [r]: (1784–1850) President of the United States from 1849 to 1850, led the U.S. army in the Mexican-American War. [e]
