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Civil War
The Civil War was a signific event in U.S. history. It was a war to abolish slavery in the United States.

The [|Emancipation Proclamation] first come about on January 1, 1863. The Procalamation was to abolish slavery. It affected both the North and the South. It affected the South because they had to fee all slaves and that made the plantations, factories, etc., decrease. It affected the North because they didn't have to send slaves back to the South. The South reacted to the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War by saying that they felt that it was a major violation to their rights. Even though the slaves were free, they weren't too sure of where to work, or what to do. So, they continued working for their former owners.

The Civil War had many costs. It costed money and lives. The Civil War costed about $10 billion. If you were going to buy all of the slaves in the United States in 1861, would be about $2.7 billion. Deaths were a major cost to the Civil War. There were about 620,000 deaths. The Union had from 2,500,000 to 2,750,000 men and lost 360,222 of those men. The Confederacy had from 750,000 to 1,250,000 men and lost 258,000 of those men. There were [|ten costly battles] in the civil war. They were Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Chickmauga, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Spotslyvania, Battle of Antieam, Battle of Second Manssas, Battle of Stone's River, Battle of Shiloh, and Battle of Fort Donelson.Many of the costs came about after the Civil War. That was when we actually realized how the whole war effected our country.

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