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At the beginning of the Civil War:___________.

a. A majority of white southerners owned slaves.
b. There was enthusiasm for the war among both slaveholding and non-slaveholding white southerners.
c. Most white southern farmers grew cotton.
d. None of the above.

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Answer:

b

Step-by-step explanation:

because Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. Traditionally, this event has been used to mark the beginning of the Civil War

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