Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

In the 1800s, before the Civil War, if you were anti-slavery, what could you do to advance the cause of abolition? Jot down at least five ideas. After a few minutes, have students pair up to share ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Freeman’s book Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is out on September 11. She spoke with Smithsonian about what antebellum Congress was ...

House Gridlock Over Speaker Is Now Longest Since Before Civil War McCarthy will take longer than number of rounds needed in 1923 Most of multiple-ballot speaker bids occurred before Civil War ...

The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for over four years. ... South Carolina seceded from the U.S. in December 1860, before Lincoln even took office. By June of 1861, ...

June 21, 2025 The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai. Author Melissa Klapper discussed the diary of Jewish American Emma Mordecai who lived in the South before and during the… ...