

Discussion of a second civil war has occurred with varying degrees of frequency and sincerity since the first civil war ended in 1865.ĭiscussion of a possible second civil war entered the mainstream as a result of the polarizing effect of the 2016 election of Donald Trump.

The " Second American Civil War" is an umbrella term used by academics in order to reclassify historical eras of significant political violence in the history of the United States as a " civil war" or, more commonly, to discuss the potential outbreak of a future civil war in the country. The January 6 United States Capitol attack is seen as evidence by a number of experts that a second civil war is possible in the United States.
