Eve of War: Visit a Related Park
The following National Park Service sites share history with the topics presented in Eve of War. Visit their websites for information about Sesquicentennial commemoration events and more.
- Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee National Memorial (VA)
- Booker T. Washington National Monument (VA)
- Boston African American National Historic Site (MA)
- Cane River Creole National Historical Park (LA)
- Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (SC)
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (MD)
- Fort Pulaski National Monument (GA)
- Fort Sumter National Monument (SC)
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (DC)
- Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park (VA)
- Hampton National Historic Site (MD)
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (WV)
- Independence National Historical Park (PA)
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (LA)
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (MO)
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park (KY)
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (IN)
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site (IL)
- Lincoln Memorial (DC)
- Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (NY)
- Natchez National Historical Park (MS)
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (MA)
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site (TX)
- President's Park (White House) (DC)
- Richmond National Battlefield Park (VA)
- Shiloh National Military Park (TN)
- Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (MO)
The National Park Service commemorates a defining event in our nation's history and its legacy in the fight for civil rights. Join us.
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Resource
Northern Mills, Southern Cotton
The North's appetite for raw cotton spurred increased cotton production and the expansion of slavery in the South.
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Speech
A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand
With these famous words, Abraham Lincoln predicted a coming conflict.
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Fact
In 1860, the South was the fourth richest economy in the world. Its slave property was worth three times the railroads and factories of the North combined.