University of North Carolina Press
The 1860s: A Decade of Crisis U.S. historians have long employed the phrase "the Decade of Crisis" to refer to the 1850s. This tumultuous decade began with the Compromise of 1850 and ended when South Carolina seceded from the Union. However, used in this way, "Decade of Crisis" refers principally t....
"American Civil Wars: The United States, Latin America, Europe, And The Crisis Of The 1860s,"
Civil War Book Review: Vol. 19
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol19/iss4/12