Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution. It conferred both national and state citizenship upon birth, thereby ...

37 —Abraham Lincoln The Civil War was about slavery, although both sides sometimes pretended that it was not. The southern states feared that the new Republican Party, led by President Abraham ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education ... America fought a Civil War where slavery was at the forefront. But, our United States ...

In February 1861, representatives of these seven states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to draft the Confederate Constitution ... coming up in 2025, the Civil War continues to fascinate readers ...

The Civil War was five years in the making. The film vividly embraces the entire sweep of the war: the complex causes and lasting effects of America's greatest and most moving calamity ...

Today in history: On Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect ...

At Wednesday's opening ceremony, UN special envoy Geir Pederson (C) sat beside the constitutional ... Syria's eight-year civil war has claimed more than 370,000 lives and created 5.6 million ...

The Civil War was a military, cultural ... The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, heralded the victory of the Union and Republican President Abraham Lincoln, ...