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Teach students about the Civil War and the causes of it with this nonfiction Spanish-translated book. Readers will learn which states were part of the Union and which were part of the Confederacy, as well as the events that led up to the Civil War. Topics include slavery, the Underground Railroad, abolitionists, the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Informational text features help students navigate the text and engaging primary source images keep students reading from cover to cover.