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7 de mar. de 2023 · Learn how slavery and the status of African Americans were at the heart of the crisis that led to the Civil War. Explore the historical debates, compromises, and contradictions over slavery from the founding to the 1860s.
15 de oct. de 2009 · Learn about the Civil War, the costliest and deadliest war in American history, that was fought over slavery and states' rights. Explore the causes, dates, battles and outcomes of the war that divided the nation.
Slavery played the central role during the American Civil War. The primary catalyst for secession was slavery, especially Southern political leaders' resistance to attempts by Northern antislavery political forces to block the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
Explore how the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation shaped the lives and futures of formerly enslaved people in the United States. Learn about the scientific, legal, and social challenges of freedom and citizenship through primary sources and historical analysis.
Hace 6 días · American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights.
During the Civil War, sentiment concerning slaves, enslavement, and emancipation in the United States was divided. Lincoln's fears of making slavery a war issue were based on a harsh reality: abolition did not enjoy wide support in the west, the territories, and the border states.
Hace 6 días · The Civil War, which ultimately liberated the country’s slaves, began in 1861. But preservation of the Union, not the abolition of slavery, was the initial objective of President Lincoln. He initially believed in gradual emancipation, with the federal government compensating the slaveholders for the loss of their “property.”
