The
Civil
War
in
the
United
States
began
in
____________________
,
after
decades
of
tensions
between
northern
and
____________________
states
over
____________________
,
states'
____________________
and
westward
expansion
.
The
election
of
Abraham
____________________
in
1860
caused
seven
southern
states
to
____________________
and
form
the
____________________
States
of
America
;
four
more
states
soon
joined
them
.
The
War
Between
the
States
,
as
the
Civil
War
was
also
known
,
ended
in
Confederate
____________________
in
1865
.
The
conflict
was
the
____________________
war
ever
fought
on
American
soil
,
with
some
620
,
000
of
2
.
4
million
soldiers
killed
,
millions
more
____________________
and
much
of
the
South
left
in
____________________
.
