Name: Civil War Culture
Duration: 234
Description: America is at the brink of a Civil War as cotton spreads west and threatens to expand slavery into new territories.

America is at the brink of a Civil War as cotton spreads west and threatens to expand slavery into new territories.

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America&#8217;s Reliance on Slavery Grows with the Expansion of Cotton

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<p>Slavery was widely practiced throughout the ancient world, and in the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, which helped propel the United States into the Civil War.</p>


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