Civil War
Example Sentences
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The question was an urgent one to Americans amid the rising tensions leading up to the Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
On Aug. 21 the Pentagon fired the publisher, editor-in-chief and a reporter at Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper that has been reporting on American troops since the Civil War.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
When the Civil War broke out, the area revealed itself to be “a border county in a border state,” as the local historical museum puts it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The law was originally meant to grant citizenship to American-born, formerly enslaved people following the American Civil War.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Civil War, for example, was a direct consequence of the decision to evade and delay the slavery question during the most vulnerable early years of the republic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
