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What is the main reason the US Civil War started? Base your response on your own interpretation of the historical evidence.



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The main reason that the US Civil War started was when the Confederates fought against Major Anderson's army at Fort Sumter and Anderson eventually surrendered.
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Answer:

slavery

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The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states.

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