However it has proven to do nothing but disturb and hurt the lives of millions of civilians around the world. ... What is Civil War? ... This former solider was in the Angolan armed forces and explained how soldiers burst into his home one night three years ago and took him away. ... Francisco stated, "All these years, all I have wanted to do is go home. ... Human Rights Violations...

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The cause of the Civil War was tension between the North and the South. ... By the 1800's, northerners viewed slavery as wrong and began a movement to end it. ... Many Southerners favored secession as part of the idea that the states have rights and powers which the federal government cannot legally deny. The supporters of states' rights held that the national government was a league of independent states, any of which had the right to secede. ... When the Civil War began, about 22 million people lived in the North. ...

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