answersLogoWhite

0

Because the seceded States attacked the Federal garrison of Fort Sumter, thus opening the hostilities against the Union.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Did Abraham Lincoln fight in a war?

in 1861 president Abraham Lincoln, Went to war with the southern states witch had seceded from the union


How did southern states respond to the Lincoln's election?

They seceded from the Union, and the US Civil War, followed.


How and why did the Civil War start?

The southern states seceded due to Lincoln's election. This was done chiefly in attempt to keep slavery. It was also about states rights.


The Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln freed?

Only the slaves in the southern, seceded states. He needed the support of northern slaveholding states to win the Civil War.


What happened when lincoln became president?

Southern states secede from the union and then the Civil War began.


When did southern states secede from the union?

On March 3, 1861 - the day Lincoln was inaugurated, 7 states seceded from the Union # South Carolina # Mississippi # Florida # Alabama # Georgia # Louisiana # Texas Eleven states in all seceded during the course of the Civil War # Arkansas # Virginia # Tennessee # North Carolina


What happened immediately after Lincoln was elected in 1860?

Within a month South Carolina seceded from the union. Six other states had seceded by March4, when Lincoln took office as President.the civil war beganThe month after Lincoln won the election, South Carolina seceded from the union and a move began to form a new confederation of states. By the time Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861 , seven states had seceded and taken steps to form a new governmentOn April 11 the first battle of the Civil War began.


What sparked the beginning of the Civil War?

Southern states seceded from the Union


How long did the southern states secede?

The Southern States seceded from 1860-1865, during the course of the Civil War.


What did the eleven states that seceded the union form?

Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.


Which statement basis blame the president Abraham Lincoln justification for the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln placed blame for the Civil War squarely on the seceded Southern States. He viewed the secession as an act of treason, which justified the start of the Civil War.


What name was taken by the southern US states that seceded in the civil war?

The Confederate States of America.