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How did southerners justify secession?

Because of this, many southerners believed that if the federal government was to abolish slavery, the prohibition would be an infringement on the states' rights and would therefore be unconstitutional. Southerners referred to the founding doctrine of the U.S., the Declaration of Independence. In it, the idea is presented that a country could change governments when the one in power was no longer right for the people.The Declaration of Independence had originally been referring to Great Britain's rule on the colonies in 1776. In this new context, southerners justified their secession ..

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What were Alexander the Great's major contributions?

Historian Johann Gustav Droysen called the spread of Greek culture that happened in the wake of Alexander's conquest "Hellenization." Alexander encouraged Hellenization by founding at least 70 new cities throughout his empire and populating them with Greeks. Though the empire that Alexander gained through his military triumph split into various kingdoms after his early death in 323 B.C. at the age of 32, the Greek generals who ruled those kingdoms, who were called the Diadochi, still promoted Greek culture. The spread of Hellenistic ideas bound together the cultures of the vast areas of h..

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What are some facts about the Tet Offensive?

One of the most important battles during the offensive occurred in Hue. The Battle of Hue saw the town occupied by Viet Cong forces. These forces executed almost 6,000 professionals, civilians and religious leaders who showed support for the South Vietnamese government and American forces. American forces attempted to liberate the city, inflicting over 5,000 casualties to the Viet Cong. Before, the battle finished, however, the Viet Cong destroyed many of the temples, palaces and other monuments in the city.\nIn another attack, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces stormed the U.S. Embassy in ..

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Who are some important inventors in technology?

Berners-Lee proposed an information management system that became the World Wide Web in early 1989. Later that year, he invented hypertext transfer protocol with which he initiated the first HTTP server-to-client communication. He also invented the world’s first browser, Nexus, which, together with his previous inventions, constitute what the world now knows as the Internet. Queen Elizabeth II knighted Berners-Lee in 2004, and he received worldwide recognition as the inventor of the Internet at the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics.\nCooper pioneered the field of radio spectrum ..

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Where did the Osage Indians live?

Originally, the Osage Indians were a sedentary tribe that lived in mostly permanent lodgings made of earth and logs. The Osage hunted buffalo, but unlike tribes that followed game, they remained sedentary to grow crops. Negotiations with settlers for their land caused them to move their tribe westward.\nThe first negotiation, in 1810, persuaded the Osage to move to a reservation in Kansas. In 1872, a second negotiation caused the Osage to move to a reservation in Oklahoma. Today, the Osage are the wealthiest Indian tribe in the United States, with most of their population centered in Osage Cou..

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Who governed the 13 colonies?

By the time the American colonies were prepared to revolt, they had long been used to electing their own legislative assemblies. While allowing the colonies to self-govern saved England a great deal of trouble, it also allowed for the development of leaders and political structures that provided the basis for the creation of the American Constitution. When these colonial assemblies began to question the increasingly oppressive taxation required by the king and implemented by the governors and their tax collectors, the main arguments for the American Revolution took shape.

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Why was Magellan's voyage important?

Magellan departed from Spain in command of five ships and 270 men. He sailed to West Africa and then toward Brazil, where he sought to find the South American coast. He was looking for a strait that would take him to the Pacific Ocean. He found a strait separating mainland South America from the islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. This is what is now known as the Strait of Magellan. It took 38 days to navigate the dangerous strait before another ocean was sighted at the other end. He was the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic.\nDuring the voyage, his ..

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Is President Obama a Christian or a Muslim?

Suspicion surrounding Obama's religion arose for several reasons. Barack Obama is the son of a Kenyan Muslim, and he spent part of his childhood in the predominantly Muslim country of Indonesia with his mother and Indonesian step-father. His full name, Barack Hussein Obama, sounds Muslim to some.\nObama and his daughters were baptized at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He and his family have worshipped at several churches in Washington, D.C.

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What were the reasons behind European exploration?

Three major developments in Europe made such exploration possible. The first was the Protestant Reformation, a religious movement characterized by direct, individual relationships with God. Coupled with other cultural developments, such as the Renaissance and its emphasis on self-determination, this laid a strong ideological foundation for exploratory expeditions abroad.The second development was the consolidation of power within European countries, allowing funds that were previously spent on domestic power struggles to be spent on exploration instead. Columbus's sponsors, King Ferdinand..

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What animals did the Iroquois hunt?

Iroquois men were responsible for providing meat for the tribe. They caught animals by using snares or hunting them with bows and arrows. Hunting was mainly engaged in during the fall season.\nThe main birds hunted by the Iroquois were the now-extinct passenger pigeons. These birds bred and nested on Iroquois land during the spring. As the Iroquois were careful to hunt only the young birds so that older birds would be able to breed again, the extinction of this species was largely due to white hunters.\nIroquois hunters caught fish by netting them using a fence-style trap known as a weir. They..

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