In the beginning, the civil war for most northerners was

a struggle to free slaves

a struggle to preserve the union

a contest of sectional supremacy

a personal struggle between abraham lincoln’s sand jefferson davis

a struggle to preserve “king’s cotton”

How and why did many southerners attempt to stop the laws congress passed?

In hand stitched dreams which clue tells you that the historical period of the events will be important in the story

What does the quote describe? “the closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us….the shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost inconceivable.”