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•Abraham Lincoln swore in as President in March of 1861

•By then, many states had already sent letters to Congress declaring their secession from the Union

•Lincoln knew what was happening was a Constitutional crisis and assembled a cabinet with the intent to repair the country

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•Election of 1860 in which Lincoln was elected as the 16th President after stating he was anti-slavery while on the campaign trail

•Attack of Fort Sumter in 1861; 1st act of war after US refused to surrender it to Confederate troops.

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•Abolitionists were mainly responsible for the anti-slavery movement making its way into popular politics during the 1850s and 1860s.

•Many Abolitionists were then elected into Congress during this time period deepening the divide in the US