American Civil War

Here is a short summary of the American Civil War:

The American Civil War is a civil war in the United States from 1861-1865. This war is between the Union (Northern American States) and the Confederacy (Southern American States). The eleven Southern slave states wanted to continue the black slavery, unlike the Northern states, therefore they decided to secede from the United States. After President Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, the war quickly started, with the Confederacy initially having the upper hand, but they were finally decisively defeated by the Union on April 9, 1865.