The Civil War

Term Paper Title	The Civil War
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The Civil War

The time of the Civil War is very interesting time in our nations history. It was a time when our nation overcame major political and social conflicts. It was also the time of one of our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln.
     The conflicts at the beggining of the 1860¹s became very strong when Lincoln was elected President. This was because Lincoln was against slavery and wouldn¹t allow it in the new territories. Before the election of 1860, South Carolina said it would secede from the Union if Lincoln was elected President. When Lincoln became President South Carolina seceded from the Union followed by Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Lincoln in his Inaugural Address stated that all federal property in the seceded states would be protected.
     Nothing had been done to stop Confederate ( Southern ) troops from seizing federal buildings. Until they bombarded Fort Sumter. With this President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to help bring down the rebellion in the South.
     No major battles were fought until several months after the beggining of the war. The first major battle was in July of 1861 when Union and Confederate soldiers met at the battle of Bull Run. Bull Run was an important battle not because it showed the finale outcome of the war, but because it showed th...

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