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Author Ollhoff, Jim, 1959-

Title The Civil War : slavery / Jim Ollhoff.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Pub. Co., [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource.
Series The Civil War
Civil War.
Note Includes index.
Summary The American Civil War continues to be one of the most significant events in US history. In this title, readers will examine one of the most controversial issues that separated the North and the South: slavery. Engaging text introduces readers to the history of slavery and explores the moral and economic reasons this issue was so inflammatory between the Northern and Southern states. Chapters also cover the abolition movement and political developments such as Bleeding Kansas and the US Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. Additionally, readers will explore the significance of the roles people such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown, Frederick Douglass, and Abraham Lincoln played in the start of the war.
Contents Why the Civil War? -- The big issue: slavery -- Why did the south want slavery? -- Slavery in the states -- Slavery in literature -- The Dred Scott Decision -- Frederick Douglass -- Bleeding Kansas -- John Brown's Raid -- The election of Abraham Lincoln.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.5 0.5 150054.
Note Print version record.
Subject American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes -- Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Antislavery movements. (OCoLC)fst00810800
Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
War -- Causes. (OCoLC)fst01170331
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Title Slavery
Other Form: Print version: Ollhoff, Jim, 1959- Civil War. Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Pub. Co., ©2012 9781617832765 (DLC) 2011038348 (OCoLC)753628913
ISBN 9781614784180 (electronic bk.)
1614784183 (electronic bk.)
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