Assertion: u.s.'s state | /r/CapableOf | become known as the union
Facets:
value: during the ensuing american civil war
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Convinced that white supremacy and the institution of slavery were threatened by the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories, the Confederacy declared its secession in rebellion against the United States, with the loyal states becoming known as the Union during the ensuing American Civil War.