We are here to clan war. Ulysses s grant and the battle to save reconstruction with mr. Border with he a prolific author he has written nine nonfiction books and is built on and furthers and continues the research and writing did about the radical reform. Republicans in power. I told congress at war how reformers fought the civil war. Lincoln ended slavery, remade america. That was published just three years ago in 2020. Its a narrative that continues in klan war and his earlier works include, and im sort of going to enlist a couple of these in reverse sequencing back in time time bound china, the underground railroad and for the soul of america there was great debate. Henry clay, Stephen Douglass and the compromise that preserved the the First Congress how james George Washington and a group of extraordinary women invented the government and washington the making of the american capitol and there were several earlier than that. Mr. Burdick is, a native of new york city, he is an indep
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Also the birthplace of american railroading. Railroading began in 1827. The b o was in Continuous Operation until 1986 and is a legacy now. Its track is basically formed with csx today. The museum is 40 acres and five buildings. The 1884 roundhouse is the jewel. Inside the round house are some of the most significant pieces in our collection. We have a Rolling Stock locomotive collection of approximately 180 pieces. Bays inside the roundhouse is filled with some of the most unique, worldclass, oneofakind locomotives you are ever going to find anywhere. Railroading began in the United States in maryland, the baltimore and ohio was the first common carrier, the first to carry passengers and freight on a regular schedule. The baltimore and ohio was basically formed because of the canal craze in the 1820s. The success of the erie canal lead people in washington to led people in washington to propose the idea of the chesapeake and ohio canal, which would leave baltimore out of the loop. Bus
Television companies. It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next on American History tv, historians discuss the social and political impact of several events leading up to the civil war. Including the fugitive slave act and abolitionist john browns raid on a federal armory at harpers fairy. Erry. This was part of Yale Universitys Gilder Lehrman center for the study of slavery, resistance, and abolition. This was the most fun to , deciding which events, which problems, which moments of the precivil war era would we represent. Said, thisanna and is one you should moderate. Speak on no, i want to it. [laughter] which is great. Hook herst trying to into being moderator. The shock of events. The passage by douglas at the nation, the way he put it, not educated by theory, they are taught by events. We all know, we lived through events that no one predicts. Who predicted pearl harbor . Some people, sort of. Who predicted the end of the cold war in 89 . 9 11 . Last ye