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Do we have any numbers on how widespread abolitionist sentiment was in the United States circa 1860? Percentage for example. Did people at the time make a clear distinction made between abolitionists and free soilers and similar anti-slavery groups?

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France was able to fend off Germany for years in World War I. The Franco-Prussian war started in late July of 1870, yet by late September the Germans had captured Versailles and encircled Paris. How was a less unified Germany able to accomplish this feat in a matter of months?

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Did Pepin the Short fight at the Battle of Tours?

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Do we have any numbers on how widespread abolitionist sentiment was in the United States circa 1860? Percentage for example. Did people at the time make a clear distinction made between abolitionists and free soilers and similar anti-slavery groups?	1
France was able to fend off Germany for years in World War I. The Franco-Prussian war started in late July of 1870, yet by late September the Germans had captured Versailles and encircled Paris. How was a less unified Germany able to accomplish this feat in a matter of months?	1
Did Pepin the Short fight at the Battle of Tours?	0