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    • 'Civil War' is a road trip movie set in a horrifying what-if scenario
    • When: Civil War is in theaters and IMAX on April 12.
    • What to know: The latest from writer-director Alex Garland imagines a United States at war with itself.
    • The plot follows three generations of journalists — played by Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura and Stephen McKinley Henderson — on a dangerous trip from New York to Washington, D.C.
    • Garland wrote the film during the 2020 election but tells Yahoo Entertainment its release during the 2024 election cycle is coincidental and due to “logistical requirements.”
    • While there are some allusions to recent social unrest early in the film, the world of Civil War is wholly fictional and does not concern itself with present-day party politics.
    • Promotion for the film hints at a complicated backstory with multiple distinct factions vying for power — but one of Civil War’s greatest strengths is that almost none of this is explained and it is open to viewer interpretation.
    • Garland hopes Civil War will spark earnest conversation about the potential consequences of extremism, “because conversation is the thing that is really struggling to exist in public discourse.”
    • — Sam Matthews, executive producer
    • April 10, 2024
  3. The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union.

  4. Oct 15, 2009 · Civil War. By: History.com Editors. Updated: April 20, 2023 | Original: October 15, 2009. copy page link. Print Page. MPI/Getty Images. The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after...

  5. 6 days ago · April 12, 1861 - April 26, 1865. Location: United States. Participants: Confederate States of America. United States. Major Events: Battle of Antietam. Fort Pillow Massacre. Battle of Gettysburg. Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack. Battle of Monocacy. (Show more) Key People: James Buchanan. Ulysses S. Grant.

  6. The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865 over the issues of slavery and states' rights. Learn about Civil War battles, generals, political leaders and more.

  7. Nov 20, 2008 · Share to Google Classroom Added by 3436 Educators. The Civil War is the central event in America's historical consciousness. While the Revolution of 1776-1783 created the United States, the Civil War of 1861-1865 determined what kind of nation it would be. The war resolved two fundamental questions left unresolved by the revolution: whether the ...

  8. The American Civil War was a four-year war (186165) between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. Facts. Top Questions. What caused the American Civil War?

  9. The enormous casualties suffered on both sides during the American Civil War have never ceased to astound scholars and military historians. Roughly 2 percent of the 1860 population of the United States died in the war. The war remains the bloodiest conflict in American history.

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