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What was the outcome of the Battle of Shiloh?

Grant led Union forces of the Army of Tennessee while Buell commanded troops from Ohio. Grant's troops arrived at the battle scene before Buell and his men, and began the fight without the Ohio men. On April 6, 1862, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston led his troops on a surprise attack targeting Grant and his men. The Confederates, also called the Army of the Mississippi, successfully halted progression of the Union troops, but not for long. Johnston suffered a leg injury that proved fatal, and led to the new commandment of the Confederate troops by General P.G.T. Beauregard.The ..

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What are some facts about Thomas Edison for kids?

Edison was the youngest of seven children and credited his mother for his successes. She allowed Edison to set up a chemistry set in his basement, a move that helped quell his insatiable curiosity. He was later kicked off a train for conducting a chemistry experiment that resulted in the train being set on fire. In school, he was considered to be slow, but his mother, a well-respected school teacher, decided to pull him out and teach him herself. It was a successful endeavor because soon she had taught Edison everything he knew, and he soon started reading books on his own and teaching himself..

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What caused the fall of the Aztec Empire?

A majority of the men in the Cortes expedition had no idea as to their true goal, with many believing they were there to establish relations with the Aztec Empire. Shortly after landing, when Cortes gave orders to attack, several of his men began a mutiny. Faced with a possible insurrection, Cortes had the expedition's ships scuttled and burned in the harbor to remove any possibility of return to Spanish lands in Cuba.\nOne of the major factors that weakened the Aztecs was disease brought by the Europeans. A soldier contracted smallpox from a slave in another expedition, and when the forc..

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What is the history of Lincoln City, Oregon?

Native American tribes primarily occupied present-day Lincoln City prior to the presence of European settlers. Early explorers searched the area for natural resources. Sir Francis Drake explored the Lincoln City area and called it New Albion in 1572.\nThe area also became part of the Coast and Siletz Reservations in 1855. The U.S. Congress's passage of the Dawes Act in 1887 allowed white settlers to homestead the land. The act also provided the Native Americans with allotments of 80 acres.\nThe permanent name of Lincoln City was the result of a contest for school children since compiling ..

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How long did Rosa Parks go to jail for?

As the test case for the NAACP, Parks' refusal to relinquish her seat set off the Montgomery Bus Boycott that helped lead to the dismantling of segregation laws. Parks went to jail again three months later on Feb. 21, 1956 for violating a state law against organized boycotting. At the time, she was a member of the executive board of directors of the group organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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How did Cleopatra change the world?

Cleopatra was politically intelligent and forceful. She ruled Egypt despite her brother's claim to the throne and served as a powerful female leader.Cleopatra ruled after the death of her father but was overthrown by a conspiracy of those who believed her brother should rule. She was exiled into Syria and formed an army on the Egyptian border. With the help of Julius Caesar, she returned to power in Egypt. However, the Roman Empire declared war on Egypt because of Cleopatra's relationship with Mark Antony. Her army was defeated, and both she and Antony committed suicide.Today, Cleopa..

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What were the earliest tools the Homo sapiens used?

Homo sapiens had to develop advanced tools that would allow them to hunt prey of all sizes. They were the first to produce diverse tools that allowed them to hunt large mammals and to fish. They made blades, clubs and large tools called composite tools that were made of many smaller parts.\nHomo sapien tools appeared around 250,000 years ago. The tools used were thought to have come from abstract thought process that allowed people to plan their construction and their usage. As time passed, the tools developed by Homo sapiens were more advanced. Long knives, spearheads and sickles were first d..

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Was Cornelius Vanderbilt a robber baron?

Cornelius Vanderbilt had a reputation for being a villainous person, even as a child. He bought his first ferry boat, at age 16, and would often get into fights with other men, beating them until they were unconscious. He continued his cutthroat business dealings until the day he died. Despite being known as a shrewd and violent businessman, what he may be best known for is his $1 million donation to Vanderbilt University. This donation was the largest donation ever made at the time.

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What are some quotes by Dred Scott?

Dred Scott was an enslaved man in Missouri who unsuccessfully sued in the courts for his freedom in the mid-1800s. His case was eventually heard in 1857 by the U.S. Supreme Court, which decided that Scott could not claim citizenship and therefore could not sue for freedom. After Scott lost his court cases, he was freed by Henry Taylor Blow in a process called manumission. He lived one year as a free man before he died of tuberculosis in 1858. The Supreme Court's decision was nullified in 1863 by the Emancipation Proclamation.\nThe Dred Scott Decision refers to the 1857 decision that denie..

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Who invented the internal combustion engine?

There were earlier attempts to build an internal combustion engine, such as the engine built by the Dutch physicist Christian Huygens in 1680. This was a cumbersome device and did not work on gasoline as gasoline was yet to be discovered.\nIn 1888, Nikolaus Otto built the first successful four-stroke engine. In that same year, Sir Dougald Clerk built the first two-stroke engine. In 1891, Joseph Day made changes to this engine invented by Sir Dougald Clerk, and it became commercially successful.

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