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Back to SearchThe American Civil War, Episode 6: Secession Momentum
Episode 6
South Carolina was the first to secede from the United States, in late 1860. But they were not the only state to do so. For the first half of 1861, n…
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The American Civil War, Episode 5: Political Developments That Led to the Civil War
Episode 5
This episode summarizes political developments that have already been discussed in previous episodes, explaining how these developments led directly …
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The American Civil War, Episode 4: Bleeding Kansas
Episode 4
The American Civil War had a warm-up game in Kansas, as Free State Advocates and Pro-Slavery Advocates rushed into the territory to influence its dev…
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The American Civil War, Episode 3: Antebellum America
Episode 3
Antebellum (from the Latin for "before the war") America was a significantly different place than the United States of America that emerged from the …
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The American Civil War, Episode 2: The Nullification Crisis & the Mexican-American War
Episode 2
The Civil War nearly began in South Carolina almost 30 years before the Civil War actually did begin in South Carolina. This was the "Nullification C…
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The American Civil War, Episode 1: Seeds of Civil War
Episode 1
The this debut episode of The Blue Collar Scholar, host Will Reitz begins his series on The American Civil War by looking at the seeds of civil war t…
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