American Fact FinderFactsConcord, Massachusetts The site of the first battle of the American RevolutionRead More
American Fact FinderFactsFort Sumter the first shots of the Civil War were fired in South CarolinaRead More
American Fact FinderFactsBattle of Gettysburg The turning point in the Civil War for the North, because Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again.Read More
American Fact FinderFactsunalienable rights rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are some of those rights.Read More
American Fact FinderFactsVicksburg, Mississippi The capture by the North in 1863, effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.Read More
American Fact FinderFactsConstitution of the United States the laws and principles of the government of the United StatesRead More
American Fact FinderFactsManifest Destiny The belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.Read More
American Fact FinderFactssectionalism strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole countryRead More
