Who were the key leaders of the Confederacy and Union? Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman. WHEN did the Civil War begin and end?April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865. WHAT was the Gettysburg Address? a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of November 19, 1863. Southern states seceded from the union in order to protect their states' rights, the institution of slavery, and disagreements over tariffs. HOW did the Civil War affect the way we live in the United States today? The Civil War paved the way for Americans to live, learn and move about in ways that had seemed all but inconceivable just a few years earlier. With these doors of opportunity open, the United States experienced rapid economic growth.
enlightenment thinking emphasizes reason, morality, and natural law rather than scriptural authority. it championed imagination, emotion, and the individual over reason, science, and society
