Statehood: New States During the Civil War
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WEBWhile President Abraham Lincoln fought the war, he and his party embarked on its Free-Soil policy by forming one new state, Nevada, placing two more, Nebraska and Colorado, on the path to entry, and creating several new territories without slavery. They also admitted another state, West Virginia, from their need to appease southern Unionists.
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