History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

Of course, the offshoot of that is that tariffs hurt consumers. Koreans might have been able to buy foreign cars, without the ...

Soviet Union’s cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to travel to space. Lasting there for just 108 ...

Polk to chronicle the deleterious path of the United States ... hardcore southern nationalists. Their rancorous demeanor often put the cart before the horse, advocating immediate secession whether ...

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

Today, and every April 9 to come, should be a national holiday. A holiday to commemorate, celebrate, and sanctify the story ...

On December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded; ten other Southern states followed. “Buchanan handled secession abysmally,” says historian Baker. “When South Carolina seceded, he tried to do ...

Four of the bloodiest years in American history begin when Confederate shore batteries under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard open fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor on ...

From political battles to actual warfare, America has experienced deep divides throughout its history. Join us as we explore ...

Nor did he think it likely that slavery would spread from the 15 states ... in 1860, he was at last nominated for the presidency, and found the party irretrievably damaged—Southern Democrats ...