From the time our ancestors landed and colonized what is now American there was trouble brewing. The trouble was bred from the split between the North and the South and their inhabitants. When men came to the south to find gold and to the north to find religious freedom roots were planted which proved to lead to an inevitable clash of ideals. After the revolutionary war was won and our indepenedence garnted our government was …showed first 75 words of 1863 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1863 total…that the US had failed to honor the covenant that had originally bound the states together. There is no one reason for the American civil war as those who fought fought for different reasons. Some say slavery was at the heart and other put more money on states rights. Whther it was for economical issues, political beliefes, or personal credos the war was a test of Americas steadfastness. Luckily, the United States passed that test.