More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to ... territorial expansion. The South wished to take slavery into the western territories, while the North was committed to keeping ...

We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff thanks to a gesture of good will from Yankees to the Old South in 1913 ...

For this reason, the government turned away African American ... the South, most slaves did not hear of the proclamation for months. But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North ...

The Civil War was a military, cultural, political, and economic milestone in American history. For four years the nation was in a bloody divide that extended from the East Coast to the pioneer West ...

the American Civil War was a brutal conflict between the anti-slavery Union in the north and the pro-slavery Confederacy in the south. Taking place between 1861 and 1865, it was arguably the first ...

The North wanted to block the spread of slavery. They were also concerned that an extra slave state would give the South a political advantage. The South thought new states should be free to allow ...

It's established that many northern states, such as Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota ... of the ...

Most people associate secession with the Civil War but idea of disuniting the United States has crept into national ...

Andrew: The north mourned an immortal political hero. In the south they celebrated. One Texan newspaper professed itself “thrilled by the death of our oppressor." The American Civil War left a ...