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The term slavery means the act of enslaving people(specifically African Americans in the civil war times)
This was important to the civil war because it was one of the causes to the war

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Secession means the act of leaving formally from a federation or body  (like some of the states which was one reason the civil war was started)
This was important because it got the The North worried about states leaving the country and it was also a cause to the civil war

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Sectionalism means to be loyal  to your own section of the country rather than being loyal to the country as a whole
This was important because it caused issues like slavery to arise because of their own political views

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The State's Rights are the formal political powers given to the state government instead of the federal government
This was important because it caused many debates and court hearings to arise about Political Rights which lead to the act of giving political powers to the state rather than the federal government

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Abe Lincoln was our 16th president and he saved the Union in the civil war and then was assassinated at a play in a booth overlooking the play.
He was important to the Civil War because he became our 16th president and he saved the union in the civil war.

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Was a Mexican war hero and was a senator for Mississippi  while being the president for the Confederate States
He was important because he was the one who managed the South's war aspects

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The union was the north in the civil war who went against slavery
They were important because they were one of the sides in the Civil War and they were against slavery which was a main conflict

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The Confederate States of America were the South states in the Civil War who favored slavery
The confederate States were the South states who thrived off of slavery and depended on cotton for their economy

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Considered the first battle of the civil war that began on April 12 1861
This is important because it kick-started the war

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Confederate forces defeated the federal army.
This was important because it was the first MAJOR and the Confederates won

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A battle between General Robert E's army between General B.  McClellan's Army
This was important because it was a Union victory and it made Abe Lincoln make the Emancipation Proclamation

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Robert E 's army  surrenders  to to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at the nearby place of Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865,

The Surrender was important because the Union overpowered the South and it made the Union more confident