After 4 grueling years, The Civil War finally came to an end on May 9th, 1865.
Most believed the Civil War was started was because of the “Free states” (The North) and the “Slave states” (The South) couldn’t come to a compromise over the power of national government to stop slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and vowed to keep slavery out of territories. The Civil war is an incredibly crucial part of history, and the North and South have a lot to do with it. The North and South are actually quite similar. Both the North and South were undeniably racist. Most would say that the South was a little more racist due to the fact that slaves were still