To what extent could the United States between 1776 and 1885 be described as a house divided against itself?

INTRODUCTION

The United States emerged from the thirteen colonies show that in 1776 independently declared her to Enlightenment ideas oriented federal constitution. Through territorial expansion in North America and a continuous immigration from mainly Europe, the United States gained since the late 19th Century global political influence. In the two world wars, they took a central role. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the United States considered the sole remaining superpower (Willrich, 2011).

Immigration to the United States is the largest influx of immigration ...