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    The American Civil War was a conflict between 1861-1865 where Northern states fought Southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America. The war began after Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina in April 1861. Key differences between the regions included the North's abolitionist views versus the South's economy being based on slave labor for agriculture. The industrial North had greater military strength and defeated the South, leading to the abolition of slavery and a loss of political influence for the defeated South.

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    The American Civil War was a conflict between 1861-1865 where Northern states fought Southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America. The war began after Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina in April 1861. Key differences between the regions included the North's abolitionist views versus the South's economy being based on slave labor for agriculture. The industrial North had greater military strength and defeated the South, leading to the abolition of slavery and a loss of political influence for the defeated South.

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    The American Civil War was a conflict between 1861-1865 where Northern states fought Southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America. The war began after Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina in April 1861. Key differences between the regions included the North's abolitionist views versus the South's economy being based on slave labor for agriculture. The industrial North had greater military strength and defeated the South, leading to the abolition of slavery and a loss of political influence for the defeated South.

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    American Civil War

    The American Civil War was a conflict in the history of the United States of America that

    took place between 1861 and 1865, where the two opposing sides were the forces of the northern

    states (the Union) against the newly formed Confederate States of America, composed of eleven

    southern states that proclaimed their independence. The first act of war was the Confederate

    assault on the garrison at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. The army's crackdown on the recovery

    of Fort Sumter caused the Confederate states to be joined by Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and

    North Carolina. Thus, began the civil war between the Southern Confederate States and the

    Northern States, which would end with the latter's victory in 1865.

    he states of the South had an economy based on the slave-owning and export-oriented

    production, mainly of cotton. Meanwhile, the Northern states advocated the abolition of slavery

    and possessed their economies based on industry. This difference in interests triggered the

    conflict. Thus, while in the North the cold and rocky soil created a tendency towards trade,

    manufacturing, and regional development, in the South the warm climate and fertile soil favored

    agriculture, developed under the plantation system (large monocultures with slave labor
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    properties and production turned to the external market), favoring a rural and aristocratic

    lifestyle. However, while the North region became more and more industrialized and was against

    slavery, the South became more and more agricultural at the expense of the slave system.

    Inevitably, this led to a collision of interests between the two regions. The northern states, richer

    and militarily prepared, won, and imposed their interests on the country. Since no country

    recognized the legitimacy of the new Confederate States of America or states in the South of the

    United States, defeat was inevitable and followed by a strong political-economic recession in the

    South, which had its residences, fields, factories and commercial establishments destroyed by the

    armies of the North and with it lost most of its political influence in the United States. On the

    other hand, the North region was very benefited by the Civil War, where, due to the industrial

    vocation, there was a great expansion of the sector, especially in the naval and war line, besides

    the development of the infrastructure, with the construction of iron roads, telegraph lines and the

    urbanization of the central-western region of the United States.

    The American Civil War was the war that caused the highest number of casualties in the

    military history of the United States. Slavery was abolished in the interests of the Northern

    states. Despite that, the black people did not have any government program that would guarantee

    their social integration. After freedom, they were marginalized by society, the process of

    industrialization in the North intensified further, generating more wealth in the region. On the

    other hand, the South went through a crisis, losing political influence The war was very

    important because it marked a before and after in American society, in the development of the

    United States and society in general, since with the abolition of slavery I ended years of
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    exploitation in the United States. Furthermore, it allowed industrial development and made the

    United States the great power that it is today.

    Works Cited

    Etcheson, Nicole. 'The Origins of the Civil War', History Compass 3:1 (2005)

    McPherson, James M., Battle Cry of Freedom: the Civil War era (1988 and later editions)

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