lincoln killer was famous for acting
two weeks after his death the souther armies fell
teh death of lincoln was teh turning point of the war
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I had the Louisiana Purchase.
France sold 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River to the United States on April 30th, 1803. The president at the time was Thomas Jefferson. Buying this land from France more than doubled the United St
The swivel chair was invented by Thomas Jefferson in the late 18th century. He made it by heavily modding a Windsor chair made by either Benjamin Randolph or Francis Trumble. It is commonly believed that the first swivel chair was used by him when he
starting to somewhat put all of our research togather on a google doc
just reasearching my topics for the group project..
James Felix "Jim" Bridger was born March 17, 1804 in Richmond, Virgina. He began his life as a famous fur trapper when he was 22 years of age when he joined a group of 3 future well known trappers, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Hugh Glass, and Jedediah Smith.
My assigned blog was over Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, who went on many expeditions by sailing ships. In 1492 he sailed across the Atlantic ocean, hoping to find a route to india to find spices. Columbus made a
Our first president, George Washington, was born February 22, 1732 in Virginia to a wealthy planter family who owned tobacco plantations and slaves. After his father died he looked up to William Fairfax, a surveyor and soldier. Washington’s father di
Sacagawea
Sacagawea was born in 1788. Sacagawea was a Lemhi shosone indian. She was born along the Lemhi river by Tendoy, Idaho. Sacagaweas mothers name was Sacaga and her fathers name was Wombendi. Sacagawea was captured while she was fishing by a ri
The Alamo- In October of 1835 the Texas Revolution had begun. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna started recruiting forces in order to stop the Texan Forces. Santa Anna wanted to conquer San Antonio. Texan Forces set up a defense at an old Mexican Mission
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York (Albany) that travels 363 miles on the Hudson River to Buffalo New York, at Lake Erie joining a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and surrounds a total elevati
Hello. I "get" to write an assigned blog on an event or something that we learned about in U.S History in 8th grade. I choose The French and Indian War. But it's only going to be the highlights, basically The French and Indian War in a
The Battle of Shiloh is known by two different names, this and also the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. The battle was fought April 6th and 7th of 1862. On the first day of the battle the Confederates were the first to strike, with a plan of m
Reconstruction:
After the American Civil War, President Johnson had an idea to rebuild the south. This became known as Reconstruction, the time after the war that attempts were made to clean up the political, social, and economical problems in the sou
The Confederate Army
The Confederate Army was led by Robert E. Lee and consisted of 11 southern states. These 11 states formed the Confederate Army and fought together against the 23 northern states making up the Union. The Confederate Army consisted
In 1848 James Marshall discovered gold at Satters sawmill in California. It attracted a lot of people from around the world. Then in 1850 California becomes a state. When the gold got scarce the mining techniques got better the population exceeds. In
Morse Code/Telegraph
Morse Code was originally invented in 1835 by Samuel Morse. H used pulses of current to move a electromagnet which moved a marker to produce a code written on strips of paper. A year later he modified it so the code was in dots an
Willard Mitt Romney also known as Mitt Romney was born March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, but raised in Bloomfeild, Michigan. When he graduated from high school he earned his Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University, 1975 he got an Joint JUr
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Mitt Romney, He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, born up from a decently wealthy family. He was raised up by his dad's religion which is Mormon. His dad was very successful, He was elected Governor of Michigan twice. His son eventually ended up
