Based on the note cards, which of the following statements would make the best thesis to describe the U.S. Civil War? O The war was initially fought to establish territorial claims for resettled Native Americans, but later shifted toward the abolition of slavery and the Union, the Confederacy, and Latin American countries entered into a complex series of negotiations to redraw boundaries and determine the limits of freedom for nonwhites. O The war was initially between the nationalists and secessionists in the United States, but the political and economic concerns of many countries around the world resulted in complex negotiations between the Union, the Confederacy, and global leaders eager to serve the own national interests. O The war was initially entirely fought over the future of the institution of slavery, and the North, the South, and several European countri that had previously outlawed the slave trade clashed bitterly until slavery was ultimately abolished.

Based on the note cards, which of the following statements would make the best thesis to describe the U.S. Civil War? O The war was initially fought to establish territorial claims for resettled Native Americans, but later shifted toward the abolition of slavery and the Union, the Confederacy, and Latin American countries entered into a complex series of negotiations to redraw boundaries and determine the limits of freedom for nonwhites. O The war was initially between the nationalists and secessionists in the United States, but the political and economic concerns of many countries around the world resulted in complex negotiations between the Union, the Confederacy, and global leaders eager to serve the own national interests. O The war was initially entirely fought over the future of the institution of slavery, and the North, the South, and several European countri that had previously outlawed the slave trade clashed bitterly until slavery was ultimately abolished.