The Civil war was important to America History, but how did it change the American idea of freedom? The Civil war was started to free slaves and to give equal rights to all men no matter the race. The Civil War was fought between the Northern and the Southern states from 1861-1865. Northern states were against slavery and Southern states were for slavery. The Civil war is an important point in American history in which transformed American ideas about freedom by giving a solution to the issue of slavery. The Gettysburg address was an inspirational speech given to the northerners, Lincoln believed the idea that all men are mad equal and everyone deserves to be treated fairly. This relates to the previous statement made because no matter how
