Did the American Civil War start because southern states were angry because of the Morrill tariff enacted by President Abraham LIncoln and not because of a fight to preserve the institition of slavery? No, that's not true: The Morrill tariff was passed by congress AFTER seven states already seceded from the Union and BEFORE Lincoln was sworn in as president.…
There is no truth to the rumor that the Democrats want to add Martin Luther King to the Mount Rushmore national monument. There was no such proposal originating from Rep. Keith Ellison to add Dr. King's face to the huge sculpture in South Dakota which features the faces of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.…
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