How Did the Civil War Test and Transform the American Constitutional System?

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Stephanie Hughes

5 June, 13:44

How Did the Civil War Test and Transform the American Constitutional System?

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Landen Chan · Answer 1

Between 1860 - 1861, 11 Southern states seceded from the US, starting the Civil War. The war raised several issues:

- the right of states to secede

- the president's wartime powers

- the balance between individual rights and national security

- the constitutional status of slavery