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EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE CIVIL WAR

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  • Election of 1860

    Election Map

  • The Crittenden Compromise was introduced by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden

    Compromise Link

  • South Carolina is the first state to secede from the Union

    SECEDE means to leave the union--they would no longer be part of the United States of America. In the next few weeks, six other states in the Deep South seceded from the Union. Map Link

  • The seceded states adopt a new constitution and form Confederate States of America

    Confederate Constitution Link

  • Lincoln is sworn in as President

    Inaugural Address

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter Link

  • President Lincoln makes a proclamation

    Lincoln Proclamation

  • More Southern States Secede

    After the fall of Fort Sumter, four more states seceded from April into May. map link