The beginnings of the US Civil War began when the US Constitution did not abolish slavery. Thus slavery continued and expanded in numbers in the years building up to the assault on Fort Sumter in April of 1861. For many Southerners, the straw that broke the camel's back was the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. An avowed anti-slavery politician, he promised the South that he had no intension of abolishing slavery where it already existed.Southerners believed that their economy and way of life was threatened by Lincoln's election.
Debate over slavery and which territories would enter as states free and which would enter as slave states.
states rights and slavery. but how did they increase the sectional tensions??
April 12, 1861 the confederate army bombed Ft. Sumter in Charelston harbor beginning the war.
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The execution of Charles 1 happened immediately after the civil war.
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It started off as a civil war, then ended up as an international war.
There is no "how' but there are many "whys". The event that touched it off was the cadets from Charleston SC Citadel firing on Fort Sumter which was controlled by the North. As far a why, many social, political, and economic reasons. A good resource for understanding is Bruce Canon's "The Civil War".
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There is a Civil War reenactment in Aug., at Hale Farm and Village. This is a yearly event. Zoar, Ohio hosts a Civil War reenactment every other year in Sept. The next event will take place in 2011.
The execution of Charles 1 happened immediately after the civil war.
Fort sumter, fort Sumter was the first battle of the civil war
Fort Sumter started the American Civil War.
He fought in the Civil War
The Battle of Gettysburg.