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The South broke off from the rest of the United States, because they wanted to keep slavery legalised. The North went at war with them to get them back into the United States and stop slavery.

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What war was fought over issues of state's rights and slavery?

American Civil War.


Who fought whom in the American Civil War?

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Why did George Washington fight in the civil war?

No, George Washington fought in the American Revolutionary War.


Where has civil war been fought in Central America?

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