As I prepare to write a post concerning American history & culture, I stop to ask myself a few questions, find your personal answers if you wish, this will likely come up in my next or previous post and might interest you further. Reconstruction - Episodes in Labor History (1860 - 1894) How did the Reconstruction the Northern troops created for the South post Civil War change the hierarchy of federal and state jurisdiction? How did views of the Compromis of 1877 change overti

As I prepare to write a post concerning American history & culture, I stop to ask myself a few questions, find your personal answers if you wish, this will likely come up in my next or previous post and might interest you further. Abraham Lincoln - Andrew Johnson (1861 - 1869) A common defense for Lincoln is that he was a dictator but a good dictator. But he left all the structure and customs of a dictatorship. Is there such a thing as a good dictator? How did President Johns

As I prepare to write a post concerning American history & culture, I stop to ask myself a few questions, find your personal answers if you wish, this will likely come up in my next or previous post and might interest you further. Secession & the American Experience - "Mr. Lincoln's War" II (1850's - 1863) What is the major difference between soldiers fighting in the name of patriotism during the Civil War compared to now? Slaves and former slaves enlisted in droves fighting