In 2016, discussion of a possible second civil war entered the mainstream as a result of the polarizing effect of the election of Donald Trump.
Discussion of a second civil war has occurred with varying degrees of frequency and sincerity since the first civil war ended in 1865.
The phrase "second civil war" is also hyperbolically used in politics and perhaps it is more seriously used by politicians and political commentators, usually as a threat or as a prediction of political fallout if certain actions are taken by a political party (e.g. The "Second American Civil War" is an umbrella term which is used by some historians in order to informally reclassify events of heightened political violence in The United States of America, or it is more commonly used by others in order to discuss the potential for a future civil war in America. Expression comparing an event to the American Civil War
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