Q. 92 / 128American History → Wars & Conflicts
What U.S. war ended slavery?
OFFICIAL ANSWER
- The Civil War
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Context
The war began when eleven Southern states seceded to preserve slavery after Abraham Lincoln's election. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing enslaved people in Confederate states, but only the Thirteenth Amendment permanently ended the institution everywhere in the country. Over 600,000 Americans died in the conflict, making it the deadliest war in U.S. history.
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