America’s political parties weren’t supposed to wield the power they have today. In fact, George Washington warned us about ...

The presidency of the United States has been shaped by leaders from various political parties, with the two ... 1860 and led ...

Over the last 150 years presidential contests have been dominated by the US's two major political parties – the Republicans and the Democrats. But before the Civil War, there were several other ...

Perhaps the most well-known nativist movement arose in the decades before the Civil War. The American Party ... led to dissent within the two major political parties, the Democrats and the ...

This lesson compares the experiences, roles, and legacies of Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Davis, the wives of the Civil War era presidents. The lesson, which features historian Kelly Hancock speaking ...

Abraham Lincoln’s election to the Presidency on November 6, 1860, triggered the long-simmering political ... Army Before the Civil War 1845-1860. Center of Military History United States Army ...

Civil War, Alex Garland’s ambitious new thriller, hinges on an irresistible premise: What if the United States really did ... in Charlottesville, Va., before trekking to D.C. to try to score ...