The Nation before the Civil War

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The Nation before the Civil War

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Report of a Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Connecticut (1814)

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Was the nation an assemblage of republics or an indivisible nation of people living in states before the Civil War? How did the War of 1812 make that question relevant?

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What might have happened if the war dragged on?

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