USA HISTORY

SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861

START OF THE CIVIL WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865. What is a civil war?
A
a war between people of the same country
B
a war against a foreign invader
C
a war fought only by professional soldiers
D
a war fought with words, not weapons
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The American Civil War was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861. The conflict began primarily as a result of the long-standing disagreement over the institution of slavery.

Detailed explanation-2: -The American Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 between the northern states loyal to the Union and the 7 southern states that had seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states.

Detailed explanation-4: -American Civil War, also called War Between the States, four-year war (1861–65) between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America.

Detailed explanation-5: -A civil war is a war which is fought between different groups of people who live in the same country.

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