USCIS 128:92. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

The war between the North and the South is called the Civil War. It took place in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

Before the war, the country was divided. The northern states, called the Union, wanted to keep the country together. The southern states, called the Confederacy, wanted to leave the United States. One main issue was slavery.

The war began in 1861 when fighting started at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Over the next four years, there were many important battles across the country.

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This declared that enslaved people in the Confederate states were free. It also gave the Union a stronger purpose in the war.

In 1865, the Union won the war. The Confederate army surrendered, and the United States remained one country. After the war, slavery ended in the United States.

The Civil War is important because it kept the nation united and ended slavery.