American Civil War
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The law was originally meant to grant citizenship to American-born, formerly enslaved people following the American Civil War.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
As a child, the history of the American Civil War fascinated me like nothing else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
In other words, there was indeed a “civil war” in Vietnam, but it was not one that pitted northerners against southerners, as, for the most part, our American Civil War did.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2025
He identifies with the violent abolitionist John Brown, who tried to start a slave revolt two years before the American Civil War and was executed.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
After that, he fought in the American Civil War & became a Navy engineer.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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