American history: 1861 - 1865


 

The Civil War: 1861 - 1865

Conflict over issues of how much control the federal government should have over the states, industrialization, trade, and especially slavery had increased tension between Northern and Southern states ...

The Civil War

On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office as President of the United States ...

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The Civil War

The conflicts worsened, and in 1861, the Southern states seceded, or separated, from the Union ...

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The Emancipation Proclamation

By the summer of 1862 President Lincoln realized that the North would only win the war if he could arouse more enthusiasm for its cause ...

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