By Stephen Zogopoulos | USNN World News | Opinion The 1940s – War, Sacrifice, and Unity The 1940s were defined by sacrifice, resolve, and a sense of shared destiny. World War II brought out the best of America’s patriotic spirit. Men left their families and farms to fight across Europe and the Pacific, while women […]
Tag: American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (“the North”) and the Confederacy (“the South”), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction.
