American Civil War: The Causes (TRIH ep 200, part 1)
1850 · Resource
This episode is the first of a series on the American Civil War and examines the causes of the conflict. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by Professor Adam Smith (Edward Osborne Professor of Political History) to trace how slavery became the central, intractable issue in U.S.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1850
- Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857)
- Italian unification (Risorgimento) (1859)
- Taiping Rebellion (1851)
- Crimean War (1853)
- Great Famine of Ireland (1845)
- Revolutions of 1848 (1848)
- On the Origin of Species (1859)
- Perry Expedition to Japan (1853)
- Communist Manifesto (1848)
- British Raj (1858)