Civil War :

Fact:

Slavery started the war, the south wanted slavery to be allowed in new states and teritories.

Free states=18
Slave states=5
territory=8

After the war, the new amendments to the constition abonished slavery and gave citizenship rights to former

Trains changed the west, trains carried minerals from mines in the western moutions to factories in eastern citys

1870-52,922 miles of railroads
1890-166,703 miles of railroads,

Abe Lincon said to Harriet Breecher Stow the young girl who wrote the book thecambridge companion stating her opinion loudly, "So, you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this Great War?"