What’s a civil war?

Answer 1

Simply. It's a war between people of the same nation. Americans from the north and south fighting over slavery and trades. Iraqi's killing other Iraqi's.

The word civil referrs to citizens. So a war among citizen of the same country.

Answer 2

A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight for political power or control of an area. Some civil wars are also categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict. An insurgency, whether successful or not, is likely to be classified as a civil war by some historians if, and only if, organized armies fight conventional battles. Other historians state the criteria for a civil war is that there must be prolonged violence between organized factions or defined regions of a country (conventionally fought or not).

Answer 3

A civil war is a war between two country within the same nation

Answer 4

Two or more politically or religiously motivated groups within a single country fighting for supremacy. Examples: The English Civil War was between Monarchists and Republicans. The American Civil War was between States supporting Slavery and those opposing it. Iraq is currently verging on Civil War between Sunni muslims and Shia muslims.

Answer 5

A civil war is a war between two groups of people who are residents of the same country.

Answer 6

A civil war is a war among the people inside one country. It is when a country is at war with itself.

Answer 7

a civil war is a war between one country

Answer 8

A civil war is military conflict within a soveriegn region, usually caused when one part of the country wishes to secede (withdraw) from the rest. as seen in the Biafran wars in Nigeria, or the American Civil War where the Confederates were trounced by the Union Armies

Answer 9

A civil war is a war. that takes place in a country alone. usually between political parties

Answer 10

I have not seen this answer so let me include a civil war may be caused by the color of your skin such as the civil war in america which they consider the war against south and north., but really it was about freeing and not freeing the black slaves., and africa today, the religion you are and the beliefs that one side has against another.