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The American Civil War starts
Shortly after Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States in 1860, 11 of the 36 states left the federation and formed America’s Confederate States. In April, the American Civil War broke out. The war would last for five years and cause around 620,000 deaths. When the war ended in 1865, the Confederate States were incorporated again and slavery was abolished.