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. Franklin Pierce - Secession II (1853 - 1860) Was the abolitionist movement a threat the way Franklin Pierce thought it was? How did his affect on slavery affect the culture for the U.S.? How did tariffs & lack of free trade turn into war and fuel th

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. Abolitionism - The Political Crisis of the 1850's I (Mid 1830's - 50's) Were guys like Congressman Wilmot and politician William Steward good/right about slavery and the proviso? Lysander Spooner was the first to outwardly interpret the Constitution

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. Martin Van Buren - Zachary Taylor (1837 - 1850) Do the cons out way the pros of Van Burren's presidency enough for him to be looked at by historians like he is today? Was John Tyler the most constitutional president even with his views on slavery an