25) Was the war between the northern and southern states in the mid-1800s a civil war?

Answer 1

No -It was a Revolution that failed

Answer 2

Hmm. Definitely depends on your perspective. If the South had won it would have been the Confederate Revolution, but unfortunately for the South, the winners get to write the history. A Civil War is a war between two factions in the same country, but the South believed that they were no longer citizens of the U.S. So many Southerners think of it as a failed revolution. Then again, many also believe that it was fought over state's rights and not slavery, so what do they know? Living in the South there are many terms for the war - The War of Secession, the War of Northern Aggression, The War Between the States, and my favorite, the "Late Unpleasantness"

Answer 3

Yes the Civil War was also knownas the "War Between the States" and down south it is known as "The War of Northern Aggression"

Answer 4

Yes. The fact that this war was instigated by an election and created two presidents who were represented the same area means it had to be a civil war. If you prefer, a failed revolution, as the North was always in the right (both morally and legally).

Answer 5

Yes of course it was a civil war. That is why it is called the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. Look up the definition of civil war:

civil war
n.

1. A war between factions or regions of the same country.

Answer 6

What do we call it? We call it the civil war for a reason. Read a history book. We don't call it the pre World War, War do we?

Answer 7

Southern war for independence, a rebellion against the tyranny in Washington...

Answer 8

yes, a civil war is a war within one nation therefore it was in spite of many of my fellow Southerners' feelings to the contrary.

Answer 9

no Under the consitution at that time it was legal for the south to secede so it was not a civil war rather a war between to legal nations

Answer 10

it was a war for southern independence

Answer 11

Yes.