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

and non-white Americans were among the groups more likely to foresee a civil war striking within five years. According to a ...

A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue ... they turned to the only alternative they believed was left to them: secession, a political decision that led directly ...

Ron Nehring, a Republican political adviser, has criticized "Russian government-backed" initiatives for California and Texas ...

This has been chiefly due to an erroneous conception of his attitude toward compromise and secession during the five months between the election of 1860 and the outbreak of the civil war.

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...

Lincoln won the presidential election in November 1860. But he would not actually become President until his inauguration on March 4th, 1861 in Washington. During the three months between his ...

California independence campaigners say President Donald Trump's second election victory strengthened their cause.

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... Walt Whitman called it the War of Attempted Secession. Confederate General Joseph Johnston called it the War Against the States.

In weaving the history around the causes and consequences of this event, the author reveals an enduring and devastating aspect of the Civil War that is not addressed ... ended in acquittal for ...

Increased costs – from higher Medicaid, K-12 education and pension costs – could negate potential positives from adding ...