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What really started the American Civil War?

  • Written by Robert Gudmestad, Professor and Chair of History Department, Colorado State University
imageMore than 600,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War.Keith Lance/Digital Vision Vectors via Getty Imagesimage

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What really started the Civil War? – Abbey, age 7, Stone Ridge, New York

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