1856 In The United States
1856 in the United States included some significant events that pushed the nation closer towards civil war. Incumbents Federal Government * President: Franklin Pierce ( D-New Hampshire) * Vice President: ''vacant'' * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland) * Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nathaniel P. Banks (American-Massachusetts) * Congress: 34th Events January–March * January 24 – U.S. President Franklin Pierce declares the new Free-State Topeka government in Bleeding Kansas to be in rebellion. * January 26 – Puget Sound War/Yakima War: Battle of Seattle – Marines from the USS ''Decatur'' drive off American Indian attackers after an all day battle with settlers. * February – The Tintic War breaks out in Utah. * February 1 – Auburn University is first chartered as the East Alabama Male College. * February 2 – Dallas, Texas is incorporated as a city. * February 12 – American clipper ships '' Driver'' and ''Ocea ...
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Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. James Fearon"Iraq's Civil War" in ''Foreign Affairs'', March/April 2007. For further discussion on civil war classification, see the section "Formal classification". The term is a calque of Latin '' bellum civile'' which was used to refer to the various civil wars of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. Most modern civil wars involve intervention by outside powers. According to Patrick M. Regan in his book ''Civil Wars and Foreign Powers'' (2000) about two thirds of the 138 intrastate conflicts between the end of World War II and 2000 saw international intervention, with the United States intervening in 35 of these conflicts. A civil war is a high-intensity conflict, often involving regular armed forces, that is sustained, org ...
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