A statement that could describe it could be: "Based on who people thought should lead the country and Islam, the people split into two factions, the Shia and the Sunni muslims."
Union General Ulysses S. Grant<span> advances toward the </span>Mississippi<span> capital of Jackson during his bold and daring drive to take Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.</span>
The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the United States Congress of the Confederation on May 20, 1785. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west. ... The 1785 ordinance laid the foundations of land policy until passage of the Homestead Act in 1862.