OTD 165 YEARS AGO: Outgoing President James Buchanan wraps up his term by creating the Dakota and Nevada territories, and approving increased import taxes. Buchanan then reflects upon his handling of the secession crisis.
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Key Events Leading to the War Between the States
The United States of America had been in existence for less than a century when it was nearly shattered by the most terrible conflict in its history. Why did it happen?
Tossing Aside the Kid Glove Warfare
The lack of southern opposition in the U.S. Congress enables the Republican majority to enact most of its party agenda.