Slide 1 Slide 2 The Secession Crisis Election of 1860 – Lincoln 20 December 1860 – South Carolina secedes 1 February 1861 – six other Southern states join South Carolina…
Slide 1 Civil War North vs South Slide 2 The South’s Decision Secession –Compact vs. Perpetual Union –S.C secedes –Feb 1861- (C.S.A) Confederate States of America…
Fort Sumter Most US property in South seized by Confederacy Forts Sumter and Pickens Still in US hands Most Northerners did not want them surrendered without a fight Reinforcement…