Antebellum

Antebellum by Last Best Hope of EarthAugust 3, 2016July 27, 2016

The Gold Rush of 1849

On January 24, 1848, James Marshall and Johann Sutter made a discovery that would transform the territory of California and bring about pandemonium in American society. The specks of gold that they discovered, while they may have hoped to keep secret, were anything but a secret.

Antebellum by Last Best Hope of EarthAugust 2, 2016July 26, 2016

The Death of John Quincy Adams

One of the most outspoken Representatives in the House of Representatives, John Quincy Adams, had opposed the declaration of war on Mexico and fought President James Polk’s policies for the duration of his presidency.

Antebellum by Last Best Hope of EarthJuly 29, 2016July 21, 2016

Lincoln’s Spot Resolutions

At the end of the Mexican-American War, President James Polk proposed taking as much as Mexico’s land as possible. However, he proposed this plan to a majority Whig House of Representatives.

Antebellum by Last Best Hope of EarthJuly 28, 2016July 21, 2016

America in 1848

In 1848, when word spread to America that a revolution was breaking out in France, President James Polk wrote: “The great principles of popular sovereignty which were proclaimed in 1776 by the immortal author of our Declaration of Independence, seem now to be in the course of rapid development throughout the world.” James Knox Polk […]