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forming a necessary base or core; of central importance

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the troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it

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coming after something in time; following

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a violent uprising against an authority or government

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possessing supreme or ultimate power

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Throughout the many long years of the war, there were several victories and losses in both sides.

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When the Union won the war that caused the death of 625,000 people, which was a very large number compared to the deaths of other wars America was involved in, they left the nation as one and abolished slavery.

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On May 10, 1865, the Confederacy surrendered and the Civil War finally came to an end.

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After the first battle, several other battles began, ranging from small ones to some of the most deadly ones, like Gettysburg, which was so serious that Lincoln himself made an address for it.

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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle to start the Civil War. As the Confederacy attacked, Lincoln's hand was forced to attack back, which only caused things to get worse, since when he did, more states seceded.

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The American Civil War of 1861-1865 started because of the North and South's different ideas on slavery. When Abraham Lincoln, a man who was known to openly disagree with slavery, won the election of 1860, some of the states in the South seceded to form the Confederate States of America.

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After the United States finally gained it's freedom in the American Revolution in 1776-1783, problems started to develop within the country, which left people wondering about if at the end of the war, the country would be full of self-governing states, if they were to be governed by a national government, and if slavery were to still exist at the end.