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AP United States History›Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877›Period 5: 1844–1877

The Civil War

The war shifted from preserving the Union to ending slavery.

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Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877

Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War
Sectional Crisis
The Civil War
Reconstruction

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Also called: civil war, emancipation proclamation