The Civil War was a time of fighting for the continuation of the Union or the victory of being able to consider the Confederacy as independent. The war revolved around the enslavement of African American, seven southern slave states wanting to keep the policy of being able to keep slaves. These states -after declaring their secession from the United States- united themselves and organized the the Confederate States of America. The main reason the states separated themselves from the United States was because they were against the idea of blocking the expansion of slavery in the western territories. The Northern states were full of antislavery supporters and had political backing when it came to the topic of ending slavery. However this did
