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American Civil War
1861–1865 civil war in the United States between the North and the South over the enslavement of African-Americans
Details
- Instance of
- civil war
- Date
- 12 April 1865
- Start time
- 12 April 1861
- End time
- 9 April 1865
- Has parts
- Eastern theater of the American Civil War, Western theater of the American Civil War, Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War, Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War, First Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Fort Sumter
- Followed by
- Second American Civil War, Reconstruction Era
- Participants
- Union, Confederate States of America
- described by source
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
- has cause
- slavery in the United States, Abraham Lincoln
- has contributing factor
- Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Kansas–Nebraska Act, Dred Scott v. Sandford, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, 1860 Democratic National Convention
- has effect
- Emancipation Proclamation, Ten percent plan, Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Reconstruction Era, United States, Confederate States of America
- has immediate cause
- 1860 United States presidential election, secession of the Southern United States, Battle of Fort Sumter, Proclamation 80
- nickname
- War Between the States, War of Northern Aggression
- short name
- Civil War
- studied by
- military history of the United States
- topic has template
- Template:American Civil War
- topic's main category
- Category:American Civil War
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:American Civil War
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