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'before the war') was a period in the history of the Southern United States that extended from the conclusion of the War of 1812 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861. This era was marked by the prevalent practice of slavery and the associated societal norms it cultivated. Over the course of this period, Southern leaders underwent a ...
December 20: Vice President John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky, unsuccessful candidate of the Southern Democrats for President and later Confederate general and Confederate Secretary of War, appoints a Committee of Thirteen U.S. Senators of differing views, including Jefferson Davis, Robert Toombs, William Seward, and Stephen A. Douglas, to ...
Butternut was a term applied to inhabitants of the southern parts of Ohio, Illinois and Indiana in the early to mid-nineteenth century. Many of these settlers originated in the Southern United States, particularly Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina. The term refers to the dye of the butternut tree, by which their clothes were colored.
After the Civil War it was a much more sickly region, lacking in doctors, hospitals, medicine, and all aspects of public health. When a threat of yellow fever appeared Southern cities imposed temporary quarantines to stop travel from infected areas. The rest of the time there was inaction, and a reluctance to spend on sanitation. [158]
The Civil War has been commemorated in many capacities, ranging from the reenactment of battles to statues and memorial halls erected, films, stamps and coins with Civil War themes being issued, all of which helped to shape public memory. These commemorations occurred in greater numbers on the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the war. [308]
1842 – The Dorr Rebellion: A civil war in Rhode Island; July 10, 1842 - January, 1843 – Attempted impeachment of President Tyler. 1843 – Emigrants begin their journey along the Oregon Trail. December, 1844 – Oregon passes its Black Exclusion Law. June 27, 1844 – Mormon leader, Joseph Smith Jr. assassinated.
In the aftermath of the Civil War, several freedmen's towns were founded by emancipated African Americans from the south. [96] Southerners migrated to industrial cities in the Midwest for work before and after World War II. They went to states such as Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, as well as Missouri and Illinois.
In the years of tension before the American Civil War, many writers published novels that addressed each side of the slavery issue. Shortly before the war, in 1852, Eastman entered the literary "lists" and wrote the bestselling Aunt Phillis's Cabin; Or, Southern Life As It Is.