Civil+War+ER


 * Intro || [[image:Colonial-ExpER.gif width="210" height="70" link="Colonial Experience ER"]] || [[image:Manifest-Destiny--ER.gif width="210" height="70" link="Manifest Destiny ER"]] || [[image:Civil-War--ER.gif width="210" height="70" link="Civil War ER"]] ||



The civil war in the United States started over the issue of slavery. The Northern half of the United States was against the idea of slavery and the Southern half was for the idea of slavery. The South saw President Abraham Lincoln as a threat to them as he began to move things away from slavery. President Lincoln eventually issued the Emancipation Proclamation which was one of the turning points of the war. The North eventually became victorious in the war as the South surrendered. Reconstruction began in the U.S.