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Why was America fighting the civil war?

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one answer to this qustion is that it is because Abraham Lincoln didn't want slavery

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How was the American Civil War different from previous wars America was in?

The civil war was different because in the civil war it was northern America fighting southern America. in other wars it was all of America fighting a different country. They were fighting because the South (or the Confederates) wanted to keep slavery in the US. The North ( or the union) was fighting to abolish slavery in the US. Of course, the North won.


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Was the battle of gettysburg during the Civil War or the revolutionary war?

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Was America north or south in the civil war?

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What were the NOrth and the South fighting for at the end of the Civil War?

In the beginning of the Civil War the North was fighting to join the South back into the Union. While to the South the war was about defense, to protect their new country Confederate States of America(C.S.A). By the end of the war the North was fighting against the 'Peculiar Institution in other words slavery, while the South was fighting to save it.


Was the Civil War or Revolutionary war more important for America?

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Whom was America fighting and why?

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What was the names of the two countries fighting in the civil war?

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