This event escalated sectional tensions in the United States that by transforming long-standing differences over slavery into a constitutional issue.
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Daily Quiz for December 19, 2012
Union Army chronicler Frederick Dyer determined this many clashes, large and small, occurred during the Civil War.
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Unique: the Pacific War, Part 2
Last week I made a startling claim about the uniqueness of the Pacific War. […]
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Why did the U.S. not fight in the Spanish Civil War?
Why did the United States not fight in the Spanish Civil War? —ACR ? […]
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Daily Quiz for December 18, 2012
Joseph Pulitzer used his newspaper to raise funds to complete the building of this landmark.
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Daily Quiz for December 17, 2012
This woman was the first to have her picture on U.S. paper currency.
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Daily Quiz for December 16, 2012
This famous American writer served briefly in a pro-Confederate unit before quitting and becoming a reporter.
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Daily Quiz for December 15, 2012
The oldest continuously operating penitentiary in the United States is located in this state.
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An Artilleryman At Antietam
Some of the most memorable reporting of the Civil War came not from reporters, but from soldiers. Lieutenant Geroge Breck of the 1st New York Artillery wrote from the front lines for the Rochester Union and Advertiser.