Historical context can be defined as the political, social, cultural, and economic environment related to historical moments, events, and trends. Historical artifacts and sources were created within particular worlds and are tied to the political, social, and economic conditions of those worlds
Cob was ordered not to let anyone pass the bridge past 9:00 pm but booth told him he was just trying to get home and that he had decided to wait till dawn to get light from the moon
The Senate and House of Representatives
The Populist Party was appealing to the farmers because it worked to increase the money supply and get lower interest rates for farmers. This was appealing to farmers facing diverse financing problems including falling prices of crops, running out of farmland, and expensive transportation of goods
The Proclamation applied in the ten states that were still in rebellion in 1863, and thus did not cover the nearly 500,000 slaves in the slave-holding border states (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland or Delaware) that had not seceded. Those slaves were freed by later separate state and federal actions.
