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The American Civil War was a major war that took place (1861-1865) between the United States Northern part and Southern part. The Northern part was called The Union. The Union was ran by Abraham Lincoln. The Southern part was called the Confederacy. The Confederacy was ran by Thomas Jefferson. In the following essay we will discuss the Civil War. Slavery lay at the root of the Civil War. The Republican Party dedicated itself to their desire to see slavery abolished. Southern states had said that if a member of the Republican Party were elected president, they would secede. When the voters choose the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln in 1860, seven slave states voted to leave the union and began to form a Southern confederacy. The American Civil War started with the secession movements of the Southern states of the United States. Thirteen states declared their secession from the United States, joining together to form the Confederate States of America. The thirteen......

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