Then some members of the group split apart, because of a new message Smith claimed to have received from God.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

In eighteen fifty, the United States faced the threat of a split between northern and southern states.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

But he did not get his wish. The split between the North and South only got wider.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Senator Davis said the North was responsible for the growing split, because the North was trying to get complete control of the South.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

This idea of leaving the Union secession split North and South just as much as slavery.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

When this happens, one plate moves past the other, suddenly causing the Earth's surface to split.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

They said hot melted material flows up from deep inside the Earth through the split.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

The church split when Joseph Smith said that Mormons could have more than one wife.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

He wanted to create a split between Douglas and his supporters in the South.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

This would split the states of the Confederacy and might end its very existence.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

He said the huge continent had split more than two hundred million years ago.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Three churches, once united across the nation, now were split between North and South.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

The split could not be healed. Most southern Whigs joined the Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

That dispute threatened to split the northern and southern parts of the country.

VOA: special.2009.04.09