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title: "Before the Civil War, why did most people on both sides believe it would be a very quick war?"  
description: "Before the Civil War, why did most people on both sides believe it would be a very quick war?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-04-25  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41641/before-the-civil-war-why-did-most-people-on-both-sides-believe-it-would-be-a-very-quick-war  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Before the Civil War, why did most people on both sides believe it would be a very quick war?

Before the [Civil War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51320/what-problems-did-the-south-have-after-the-civil-war), why did most [people](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2295/more-people-need-to-monitor-this-crucial-metric-for-heart-health) on both sides believe it would be a very quick war?


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