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The Antebellum South era (from Latin: ante bellum, lit. 'before the war') was a period in the history of the Southern United States that extended from the conclusion of the War of 1812 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861. This era was marked by the prevalent practice of slavery and the associated societal norms it cultivated. Over ...
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
In the midst of shifts in theology and church polity, American Christians began progressive movements to reform society during this period. Known commonly as antebellum reform, this phenomenon included reforms against the consumption of alcohol, for women's rights and abolition of slavery, and a multitude of other issues faced by society. [50]
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.
The features associated with antebellum architecture were introduced by people of largely British descent who settled in the Southern states during the colonial period and in U.S. territories after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 along with a wave of immigration from Europe in 1812. [9]
Daniel Walker Howe - political and intellectual history of the early republic and antebellum period; Peter Iverson – 20th century U.S. West/Native American history (emphasis in Navajo history) Paul Johnson (born 1928) – author of A History of the American People and a biographer of George Washington
All pages with titles beginning with Antebellum; All pages with titles containing antebellum; History of the Southern United States; History of the United States (1789–1849) History of the United States (1849–1865) Status quo ante bellum, a Latin phrase meaning "the status before the war" Bellum (disambiguation)
A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Present (3rd ed. 2009, 2 vol), 1412 pp. Mowat, R. B. History of European Diplomacy, 1451–1789 (1928) 324 pp. online free; Nussbaum, Frederick L. The triumph of science and reason, 1660–1685 (1953), Despite the narrow title is a general survey of European history. Parker, Geoffrey.