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It started in April 1865 with the Confederate firing on a federal military installation - Fort Sumter (in South Carolina) - to dislodge the federal soldiers who held it. After this, Lincoln called for volunteers from the states & both sides prepared to fight.
The episode at Sumter came about because seven southern states seceded in response to the election of Lincoln to the Presidency (as they had threatened to do if ANY Republican were elected to that office) --fearing the Republican promise to prevent slavery's spread into U.S. territories, and expecting them to work to end slavery in the South -- but Lincoln would not accept the acts of secession.
In other words - southern secession (and the Union's refusal to accept it), led to the war. As for the deeper question of what led to SECESSION, many have claimed that the South was simply trying to protect their "states rights". But the ONLY rights the South explicitly mentioned as threatened (not necessarily actually violated yet!) concerned their rights to own slaves, and more than that, to move with them into new territories (with the hope of making them also slave states).
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What marks the start of the Civil War?
The location that arked the beginning of the civil war was Gettysburg.
What does post Civil War of America mean?
Post means after, so post-Civil War means after the Civil War ended.
What did the south do to start the Civil War?
The official start of the Civil War was when the South fired on Fort Sumter NC.
When did the Civil War start and ended?
The Civil War began in 1861 and lasted to 1865
Where has civil war been fought in Central America?
El Salvador was where the central American civil war
Why is the year 1861 important in America?
It was the start of the Civil War.
When was America's Civil War created?
America's Civil War was created in 1988.
What are civil war vocab words that start with d?
Dranesville, Virginia was the scene of a Civil War battle. Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate States of America.
What year did registering guns start?
In America it started right after the end of the Civil war in the South.
Where in Latin America did the government try to help African Americans start a colony after the Civil War?
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What invention helped to contribute to the start of the civil war and how did it help contribute to the start of the civil war?
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What invention helped to contribute to the start of the civil war and how did it help to contribute to the start of the civil war?
What invention helped to contribute to the start of the civil war and how did it help contribute to
What war was fought in America?
The Civil war.
Are there plans for another Civil War?
No, there are no plans in America for a civil war, nor is there any need to have a civil war.
Who were the us enemy in Civil War?
The United States of America fought the Confederate States of America in the Civil war.
When is captain America civil war coming out?
Captain America Civil War comes out May 6th of 2016.
What month did the civl war start?
The Civil War of the United States of America began on April 12 when the confederates attacked Fort Sumter.
