Texas is one of the few states that were once independent countries, and is quite proud of that. But just 16 years after ...

58 percent said Californians would be "better off" if it peacefully seceded from the union and had a "friendly relationship" with the United States. Still, a greater majority, 60 percent ...

On December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded. By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -- had split from the Union. The seceded states ...

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