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=THE CIVIL WAR...=
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 * Fought 1861-1865, the American Civil War was the result of decades**
 * of sectional tensions between the North and South. Focused on**[[image:civil_war_soldiers.jpg width="358" height="400" align="right" link="1. pre reconstructionaw"]]
 * slavery and states rights, these issues came to a head following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Over the next several months eleven southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. During the first two years of the war, Southern troops won numerous victories but saw their fortunes turn after losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863. From then on, Northern forces worked to conqueror the South, forcing them to surrender in April 1865**.** Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the president of the United States. While he was president, the Civil War started, and ended. The war was over slavery, between** **the Northern states, and the Southern states. The Northern states were against slavery, and the Southern states were for it. What eventually ended it was The Emancipation Proclamation. After Lincoln was president, Johnson became president, but was impeached.**