The war resolved two fundamental questions left unresolved by the revolution: whether the United States was to be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government and whether this nation, born of a declaration that all men were created with an equal right to liberty, would continue to exist as the largest slaveholding country in the world. While the Revolution of 1776-1783 created the United States, the Civil War of 1861-1865 determined what kind of nation it would be. The Civil War is the central event in America's historical consciousness. Share to Google Classroom Added by 3144 Educators Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaigns.Stop the Largest Rezoning in Orange County History.Protect the Heart of Chancellorsville Battlefield.Stop the Prince William Digital Gateway & Protect Manassas Battlefield. Don’t Let Data Centers Destroy the Wilderness.Send Students to Learn History Where It Occurred.Phase Four of Gaines’ Mill-Cold Harbor Saved Forever Campaign.Preserve 15 Acres at Gettysburg – Willoughby's Run.Help Save 261 Acres of Revolutionary War History.Save 184 Tennessee Western Theater Acres at Shiloh and Stones River.Help Save 29 Critical Acres of Hallowed Ground in Virginia.Virtual Tours View All See Antietam now!.National Teacher Institute July 11 - 14, 2024 Learn More.USS Constitution In 4 Minutes Watch Video.African Americans During the Revolutionary War.The First American President: Setting the Precedent.
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