The American Civil War Overview of Causes and Outcomes The American Civil War, which was also known as the War Between The States, in the history of United States of America was a 4 year war which began in 1861 and concluded in 1865. The war was between the Federal Government of the United States of America, and the eleven southern states that emphasized their right to become independent from the Union. The eleven southern states, which were …showed first 75 words of 444 total…

…showed last 75 words of 444 total…to view slavery as immoral in the early 1800s. And the Northerners began an eradication Movement to end it. Southerners, however found slavery to be extremely profitable, and the considered it to be a positive good. They believed their economy would collapse without slavery and they believed that “Blacks” were inferior to “Whites”. “An impressible conflict” was what Senator William H. Seward of New York referred to the differences between the North and South in 1858.