【美国精神】第73期

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Explanation:

  Do you know which war has been the deadliest war for the United¹ States (or the war that has had the most American deaths)? It was the Civil War, where Americans fought against each other. From 1861 to 1865, northern states fought against southern states, sometimes with family members fighting against each other. About 620,000 soldiers (or people who fight in a war) died.

  The northern states were called “the Union” and were led by President Abraham Lincoln. The Union was fighting against 11 states in the south that had seceded² from the United States (or stopped being a part of the country). They called themselves the Confederate States of America, or sometimes just the Confederacy, and were led by a man named Jefferson Davis.

  The Confederacy claimed its independence, or said that it was no longer part of the United States, but no other countries recognized its independence, meaning that no other countries treated it like a new country, even though some British and French companies did sell military³ supplies (or things to fight with, such as guns) to the Confederacy. The United States treated the Confederacy as a rebellion⁴ (or an organized effort to change the leadership of a country).

  Although the Confederacy did not exist for very long, it did have an organized government. Jefferson Davis was elected to be the president and he had a full cabinet⁵, or a group of people to give him ideas and suggestions for the government and to run important government offices. The Confederacy also had its own flag, which is sometimes called the “Navy Jack,” Although most people today call it simply

the Confederate flag.

  Even though the Confederacy lost the war and the 11 states rejoined the United States (or became part of the country again), many of the people who live in the south are still proud of the Confederacy. Sometimes you can see the Confederate flag flying in the southern United States.

 

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