The Civil War: Introduction

	The U.S. Civil War
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Causes of the Civil War Fighting the War The Lincoln Presidency The Reconstruction Civil War Practice Test	Welcome to the Civil War Home Page! The Civil War period was one of the saddest in American history. The country was divided in half, with the South and the North at war with each other. Members of the same family often fought on different sides, struggling to uphold values and beliefs important to them. Never, before or since, has the United States been in such great danger of being destroyed. Unfortunately, the issues which separated the North and South had to be resolved by a war which almost destroyed the country. Do you know ... What caused the Civil War? How the viewpoints of the North and South differed? Who the leaders were during the war? How did the war end? What happened as as result of the war? You'll learn the answers to these questions and more in this course. To get started, click on the Course Description and Instructions to find out: what will be covered in this course, how to proceed through the course, and what the other links on the page are for.


	Source: The text is derived from the U.S. History Study Guide from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The U.S. Civil War