William H. Seward

William H. Seward is the person responsible for obtaining Alaska from Russia. This happen in 1867 when America purchased Alaska from Russia for seven million dollars. Some Americans where happy to expand territory well others thought it was useless investment. Minds where changed about this purchase in a couple decades when people realized that Alaska was rich in natural resources, and a gold rush was sparked for a short period of time. Once the gold rush died down mining for other natural resources

separated in pretty much every aspect possible. Simple rights citizens now take for granted, such as voting, were once the goals of people of color. People like northern leader William H. Seward, who fought to put the 15th amendment in place, is a positive example for Americans to look to, and a representative of kindness. Seward was a white male fighting for the opposite race and that is an example citizens of the United States should gear themselves toward. Yes, William’s actions were very beneficial

Michael Cardenas Ritmann History 2B October 16, 2015 The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln On April 14, 1865 at twelve o’ clock midnight John Wilkes Booth lay in his bed at the National Hotel. Three days earlier he had attended a speech given by President Abraham Lincoln at the White House. The civil war had commenced just two days earlier and the crowd was jubilant. When Lincoln concluded his speech with the the acknowledgment of black suffrage, Booth became incensed and declared that “Now by

Paine, Samuel Arnold, Michael O’Laughlen (Ito 30). Though many of these conspirators did not actually commit murder they were still however charged with the crime of assisting Booth in plotting the murder of both Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward (Ito 30). During Lincoln’s second inaugural speech, which Booth attended (O’Rilley 7) Booth became so angry at Lincoln’s words of peace, reconstruction and rights for blacks he lunged at Lincoln only to be restrained by an officer Booth then

20, 1865, but on that day the president did not arrive at the location they thought he would. Once Booth figured out that Lincoln was going to Ford’s Theater he and his conspirators planned to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and William H. Seward (“Abraham”/history.com). Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated. As the president could not escape the southern sympathizers the nation was lead through its darkest hour when our 16th president Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

In the beginning of the 1860’s, America had fought one of its bloodiest wars. The opponent of this war was the rebelling southern states of the union. The North and South had many opposing views which led to conflicts, but it was not until the eleven southern states decided to secede the union, that the war had begun. After fighting for four years, led by President Lincoln, the North had finally won. Then had come the “Era of Reconstruction.” Unfortunately, Lincoln did not live long enough to oversee

they may be the head of this nation, they were not always the ones who made major impacts. Governors, senators, abolitionists and congressman all helped change this country and make it what it is today. Past senators Huey Long, Salmon Chase, and William Seward in particular helped change this great nation for the good. They all somewhat had the same view politically and had similar goals. All three of these men were very much for equal rights for all people. Huey Long was no exception to this. Long

John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, 1838 in a small log cabin that no longer exists, this cabin was located in Harford County, Maryland. He was one of ten kids, four of which did not live through their youth and were buried in a small family cemetery. Most of his neighbors adored Booth in his childhood. One of Booth’s favorites was Aunty Rogers, for when one day “he got a large cut in his head” she came over to the farm to stitch up the cut and to sterilize the wound. His parents Junius Brutus

Even though Abraham Lincoln was disdained by many people, specifically Confederate loyalists, during his presidential term. He will be remembered for being one of the greatest presidents to ever led our nation through one of its toughest times in history, the Civil War and abolishment of slavery. Meanwhile former history teacher Bill O’Reilly, and historian Martin Dugard illustrated the astonishing, vivid details that brought to life Lincoln 's final days before Lee 's surrender at Appomattox Court

which led to imperialism. People like William H. Seward pushed to annex Midway Island and purchased Alaska to expand the size of the US. However, imperialism became a controversial debate among the American people throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Expansionists and Jingoists like Theodore Roosevelt wanted to protect and gain control of other nations including Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam, whereas anti-imperialists such as William Jennings Bryan, Mark Twain, and