civil+war+bam

== =Civil War= The civil war was a long process in the making. Long periods of slavery in the South and African American freedom in the North caused the divided nation to clash. The North ended up winning the war, largely due to the extreme Northern advantages. This victory would have been a lot harder to achieve for the North if they hadn't won the early battles in the war. For instance, the Battle of Antietam, which was the the bloodiest day in american history, was a very important victory for the North. If they hadn't won this battle the british would have ended up intervening in the war, and who knows how things would have ended up with that powerful nation helping the South. The North won the war, but shortly after they lost their leader, Abraham Lincoln, when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. After the war was over the North had to deal with the struggle of their post-war reconstruction. Many efforts were made during the Reconstruction, one of the biggest steps forward was the 15th amendment, which gave everyone the right to vote.
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