Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with flag and sword trampling the Confederate flag LCCN2013648209
USCIS Civics · Question 92 of 128

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

Official Answer

The Civil War

In plain English

The war between the North and the South was the Civil War. It began in 1861 and ended in 1865. The Southern states left the Union, and the Northern states fought to keep the country together. The North won. The U.S. war between the North and the South is called the Civil War.

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Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with flag and sword trampling the Confederate flag LCCN2013648209
Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with flag and sword trampling the Confederate flag LCCN2013648209Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Image: Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with flag and sword trampling the Confederate flag LCCN2013648209 — Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.Answers verbatim from USCIS M-1778 (09/25)