SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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Pizza was invented
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Lincoln unites southern states again
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Southern states start the civil war
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Britain attacks us from the north
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Detailed explanation-1: -The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 caused seven southern states to secede and form the Confederate States of America; four more states soon joined them. The War Between the States, as the Civil War was also known, ended in Confederate surrender in 1865.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the end of Reconstruction, racial segregation laws were enacted. These laws became popularly known as Jim Crow laws. They remained in force from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 until 1965. The laws mandated racial segregation as policy in all public facilities in the southern states.
Detailed explanation-3: -The secession of South Carolina precipitated the outbreak of the American Civil War in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -After four bloody years of conflict, the United States defeated the Confederate States. In the end, the states that were in rebellion were readmitted to the United States, and the institution of slavery was abolished nation-wide.