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1860 united states presidential election
American Civil War

1860 United States presidential election

The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860 was the final trigger for secession.[109] Southern leaders feared that Lincoln would stop the expansion of slavery

outbreak of the war
American Civil War

Outbreak of the war

The election of Lincoln provoked the legislature of South Carolina to call a state convention to consider secession. Before the war, South Carolina did more

iron curtain
Cold War

Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain is a term describing the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945

townshend acts
American Revolution

Townshend Acts

The Townshend Acts met stiff resistance in the colonies, and public opposition to them was widely debated in colonial newspapers. Opponents of the Acts gradually

iran crisis of 1946
Cold War

Iran Crisis of 1946

The Iran crisis of 1946, also known as the Azerbaijan Crisis (Persian: غائله آذربایجان, romanized: Qaʾilih Âzarbâyjân) in the Iranian sources, was one of the

american civil war prison camps
American Civil War

American Civil War Prison Camps

Between 1861 and 1865, American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. From the

battle of passchendaele
World War 1

Battle of Passchendaele

The Third Battle of Ypres (German: Dritte Flandernschlacht; French: Troisième Bataille des Flandres; Dutch: Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele