The Civil War, the darkest time in our culture. Between the years of 1861 and 1865 six hundred thousand Americans lost their lives. It may seem that they died in vain because even today we are still fighting racism, or was that not why the war was fought? In fact, the war had many reasons for its occurrence, including political, economical, cultural, racial, expansion, and slavery. Every one of these issues had a big factor in the …showed first 75 words of 4662 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4662 total…A.M. on the 12th of April, 1861 the bombardment of fort Sumter began and so did the Civil War. In conclusion we have now ventured from the begging of slavery in America, to the begging of the civil war in America. We have seen the many causes that led up to the war. It makes you think if things were handled differently through out the conflict would the result have turned out like they did.