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The Civil War was an upheaval and redefinition of the United States. The perception of Americans to government, to one another and to the idea of being American changed. The Republican party became a major party and the dominant force in government for decades. Slavery was abolished, rights were implemented, and for the fleeting moment of Reconstruction, African Americans were on the road to equality in their liberty. And the South was a defeated nation, which defined that region in the decades to follow. There is clearly much more, but there is only so much that can be stated with brevity.

However, what if there had been no American Civil War? What if there had been no secession crisis, no Confederacy, and no conflict?
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