Carpetbaggers and scalawags were both publicly criticized in the south for their part in the post Civil War reconstruction era. Carpetbaggers were northern opportunists looking to fill the slave labor gap and Scalawags were southern whites that supported civil rights.

Yellow Journalism is the strategy deployed by tabloid news magazines and more, Intending to excite public opinion using scare headlines of minor news events, the reliance on pseudoscience data and testimonies from questionable sources.

The Wilmot Proviso was a bill that failed to become law prohibiting slavery in new U.S. territories west of the Mississippi River. Despite its three-time failure to pass, It did successfully provoke a nationwide debate over slavery.

In March of 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on the Dred Scott case of slavery status within free-states, citing African American exclusion from the Constitution and its unalienable rights.

Fort Sumter was the first military engagement of the American Civil War when South Carolina rebels made the fall of the fort a priority in their push for sovereignty and independence.

Clipper Ships were built on the Chesapeake Bay between 1795 and 1815. Their unheard-of sailing speeds made them popular for trade and record-setting passages.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge was opened on July 30th, 1952 and a second span added in 1973, serving as a vital 4.3-mile link between Baltimore, Washington D.C., Annapolis, and Atlantic coastal cities.