SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
TENSION OVER SLAVERY IN THE 1850S
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it prompted four more states to secede from the Union.
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the North was seen afterwards as the aggressive party.
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the South initiated the first attack of the Civil War.
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the battle was the first time someone died in the Civil War.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The bombardment of Fort Sumter was the first military action of the American Civil War. Following the surrender, Northerners rallied behind Lincoln’s call for all states to send troops to recapture the forts and preserve the Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Charleston Harbor, SC | Apr 12-14, 1861. The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War-a war that lasted four years, cost the lives of more than 620, 000 Americans, and freed 3.9 million enslaved people from bondage.
Detailed explanation-3: -South Carolina’s ordinance of secession was passed in Charleston on December 20, 1860, and the capture of Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, by Confederates (April 12–14, 1861) precipitated the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -On April 12, 1861, forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Less than two days later, the fort surrendered. No one was killed. The battle, however, started the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history.