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Fort Sumter National Monument
By Meg Leonard |
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1 The Civil War was a deadly war. It was the bloodiest war in the history of the United States. Over 600,000 people died. Many issues caused the Civil War. One of the main issues was slavery. The Constitution did not mention slavery. It did not say slavery was allowed. It also did not say it wasn't allowed. It allowed each state to make some decisions. One issue each state got to decide was slavery. Time passed. More states wanted to join the United States. The issue of slavery got more important. Some people thought slavery was wrong. They didn't want to let any more slave states join the country. Others agreed with slavery. They were worried that new states wouldn't be allowed to have slavery. This would mean slavery wouldn't be allowed in their states anymore.