The document discusses many of the key events and issues that led to the outbreak of the American Civil War. It outlines the divisive issues of slavery and states' rights that increased tensions between the North and South. It also summarizes several important compromises and crises over several decades that failed to resolve conflicts between free and slave states over the expansion of slavery into new territories. The document then provides an overview of the Civil War itself, including the sides that were chosen, preparations for war, major battles, the Emancipation Proclamation, African American involvement, and Lincoln's assassination.
16. Border States: Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and West Virginia Union The Confederacy: The States that succeeded The U.S. during the Civil War
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Tariff=tax on imports Britain was buying less cotton because they were exporting less
Sumter was one of the few southern ports in federal command Sumter needed supplies so Lincoln said he was going to send a supply ship Confederate gov. then demanded that the Union Commander surrender the fort When he refuses Confederate forces in Charleston begin shelling fort Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederate States
Missouri, Kentucky and W. VA are border states
Lincoln receives pressure to make the war about slavery because of growing opposition to the war
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