Here is a summary of the factors that led to the Civil War. You can also link to pages with photos on battles, forts, communication, hospitals, and more.

The state of Virginia played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Trace the war from the beginning to the battles in Virginia, and to Lee's surrender through this comprehensive slideshow. Included are charts, maps and actual photography from...

The Civil War and Reconstruction Era brought about the end of slavery and the expansion of civil rights to African Americans through the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Compare the Northern and Southern states, discover the concepts of...

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in America to earn a medical degree, and used her talents to support Union troops on the front lines of the Civil War. But she was never given the credit she deserved.(Video 1:00)

The deadliest and most important event in our nation's history, The Civil War. Perhaps the most studied of all events, here is easy-to-understand information that includes a summary and analysis, timeline, people involved, images, and...

A short discussion about the invention of the submarine and its use by both the Confederates and the Federals in the Civil War. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.

Study the timeline and events that took place during the American Civil war in history on this website.

Study the major event that started American Civil War on this site. Kids learn about the Battle of Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

Kids learn about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth; major event in the American Civil War.

A report describing how Colombians are fleeing the country due to the civil war and drug wars which have been going on for many years. The report is dated May 5, 2001.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This article "Civil Blood: Why Are the Capulets and Montagues at War?" by Carol Chillington Rutter, Professor of English Literature at Warwick University, discusses the themes of violence and love in...

A treasure trove of primary source material from an ordinary Union soldier. Read his memoirs, diary, and see artifacts from his life.

This website provides information about slavery in Tennessee.

Read about middle-class life in pre-Civil War America in the novel "All's for the Best" by T.S. Arthur.

Abolitionist author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, rose to fame in 1851 with the publication of her best-selling book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which highlighted the evils of slavery.

Thomas Nast was the first influential American political cartoonist. Read about his transformation from an illustrator of the Civil War to one who took on Boss Tweed and the corruption of Tammany Hall.

This website provides information about Tennesseans leaving the family farm after the Civil War to work in city factories.

Students can study the history and timeline of the state of Connecticut including early explorers, Native Americans, colonial settlers, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War on this site.

Investigate the biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe who was a woman who wrote about the horrors of slavery before the Civil War.

Have you ever really read the words of Maryland's official state song? Although Maryland did not join the Confederacy, the words of James Ryder Randall, adopted as the state song, show that at least some in Maryland didn't have a high...

A learning module that begins with "Honest Abe" by Barbara Radner, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...

Read the full text of "The Book of Memory" by T.S. Arthur on this site.

A look at how the Northerners perceived the conflict between North and South, a conflict between people who were for freedom and and those who were for slavery.

Here is a list, with descriptions, of the major Great Society programs and many of the laws passed in the Lyndon Baines Johnson administration to support those programs.