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U.s. History: Sacred Beliefs

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At the beginning of the Civil War people in both the North and the South held firm beliefs about the reasons for the war. Some wanted to preserve the Union, others to end slavery. In the South the question was about states' rights and maintaining the Southern way of life. Read about these passionately held views, and take a brief quiz about these reasons.

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abolitionists, slavery

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end to slavery, plantation life, preservation of the union, states' rights, ushistory.org, wage slaves, independence hall association, wendell phillips, attack on the southern way of life, beginning of the civil war, reasons for fighting the civil war

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Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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