Internecine 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2

Internecine 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2

Internecine 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2

/ˌɪn.təˈniː.saɪn/ (adj)

relating to conflicts within a group, internal conflict, destructive to both sides in a conflict, war or fighting happening between the members of the same group, civil war, domestic war, mutually destructive, devastating, deadly, injurious

The American Civil War, as an internecine war, was a civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America. The civil war began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of Black people. War broke out in April 1861 when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, just over a month after Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as the President of the United States. The loyalists of the Union in the North, which also included some geographically western and southern states, proclaimed support for the Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South, who advocated for states’ rights to uphold slavery.

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Antonym: external conflict