Northern states generally opposed slavery whereas the South needed slaves to drive their economy. The disagreement over the issues of slavery in the territories and popular sovereignty ultimately led to such incidents as Bleeding Kansas following the passage of the infamous Kansas-Nebraska Act. It was around this time (1854) that the Republican Party was established and quickly came into power. In the election of 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States, but did not receive a single electoral vote from the Southern states. Outraged that the President could be selected without a bit of Southern support infuriated the South, so South Carolina seceded and was followed by 6 other states. (The Southern states also, they all preferred state rights over federal power, a premise clearly not granted by the Republican government.) Following secession, Lincoln refused to acknowledge the Confederate states as anything but United States territory, so he was very careful not to make a declaration of war. Following South Carolina's seizure of Fort Sumter in Charleston's harbor, military tension mounted and skirmishes at sites such as Bull Run/Manassas ensued, kicking off a Civil War.
Fort Sumter started the American Civil War.
the shooting at fort Sumter started the civil war and the confedarate fired at the union
The election of 1860 (Lincoln) and slavery got the north and south heated, but the incident that started the civil war was at Fort Sumter. The lower south seceded and attacked Fort Sumter (a federal fort), this was considered an act of war. Lincoln attacked back and then the rest of the south secedes and the civil war started
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Civil War
Fort Sumter started the American Civil War.
The Civil war started .
The bombardment of Fort Sumter started the Civil War
The bombardment of Fort Sumter started the Civil War
The bombardment of Fort Sumter started the Civil War
On April 12, 1861 the Ft. Sumter was invade by the confederate army. This began the civil war.
what was the supreme court case that started the civil war
Ft. Sumter started on April 12, 1861 in the harbor in South Carolina around 4 am.
Who started the civil war?
One of the conflicts that started the civil war was slavery
the beginning civil war battle place date and who started it
probably the USA