USA HISTORY

SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861

SOUTHERN SECESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What happened during the timeline 1860-1861
A
The beginning of World War I
B
The after math of the civil war
C
Outbreak of the civil war
D
When Britain taking away South Carolina land.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Outbreak of the Civil War (1861) Even as Lincoln took office in March 1861, Confederate forces threatened the federal-held Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. On April 12, after Lincoln ordered a fleet to resupply Sumter, Confederate artillery fired the first shots of the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. Traditionally, this event has been used to mark the beginning of the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-3: -After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, 11 Southern states seceded (or withdrew) from the Union and set up an independent government–the Confederate States of America.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states.

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