"What was the cause of the United States Civil War?" A voter posed the question to Republican presidential primary candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley at a town hall in Berlin, New ...

A debate over what started the Civil War has been a hot topic in the past week after former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley was asked about it at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire. President Biden ...

“A house divided against itself, cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.” 37 —Abraham Lincoln The Civil War was about slavery, although both sides ...

Striking down children and adults, women and men, and blacks and whites, smallpox posed a grave threat in Civil War Virginia. “I wonder why nobody has noticed this outbreak until now?” ponders nurse ...

Sometimes an offhand remark or an ill-considered observation will cause a presidential campaign to implode. In 1967, then-Michigan Gov. George Romney, father of Mitt, was a serious contender for the ...

Former South Carolina governor and presidential hopeful Nikki Haley was responsible for bringing down the Confederate flag in her state — but failed to identify slavery as the cause of the Civil War.

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

Gerry Lanosga does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Colorado State University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. The U.S. citizenship test – which immigrants must pass before becoming citizens of the United States – has this question: ...