This is a “Found Poem” which is like a word-collage. I pulled some words and phrases from pages 98-100 of
The Smart Aleck’s Guide to American History, and arranged them into this:
Whig on a penny
Depression
Grew up to be
on the five-dollar bill.
Hated by some
Abraham Lincoln
Crippling anxiety
“Good Guys” and “Bad Guys” on both sides
States’ rights
Not all Southerners favored
Articles of Secession
Tariff disputes
Stovepipe Hat
End slavery
The Read-e-ologist 
Really cool. I tried doing this once but it didn’t turn out so well.
Thanks, Dark Enabler! I like writing Dada poems, which turn out smoother. You can be intentional about grabbing some verbs, and adjectives, which help.