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Jefferson Davis ordered his army to attack Fort Sumter before the Union supplies could arrive. The shooting started April 12, 1861. Union captain Abner Doubleday witnessed the attack from inside the fort.

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Lincoln responded in a message to Governor Francis Pickens from South Carolina, that he was sending an unarmed group to the fort with supplies. He promised Union forces would not fight unless shot at first.

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The day after taking office, Lincoln received a message from the commander of Fort Sumter, a U.S. fort on an island guarding Charleston Harbor. The message said that the fort was low on supplies and the Confederates wanted them to surrender.

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In his Inaugural speech, Lincoln spoke to the seceding states directly. He said that he could not allow secession. He vowed to hold federal property in the South, including a number of forts and military installations, and to enforce the laws of the United States. At the same time, Lincoln pleaded with the South.

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As Lincoln prepared for his inauguration, people throughout the United States wondered what he would say and do. They wondered, too, what would happen in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, and Arkansas. These slave states had not yet seceded, but their decisions were not final. If the United States used force against the Confederates, the remaining slave states also might secede.

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As always, several months passed between the November election and the start of the new president's term. Buchanan would remain in office until March 4, 1861. In December 1860, Buchanan sent a message to Congress. He said that the Southern states had no right to secede from the Union. He added that he had no power to stop them from doing so.

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Not all white Southerners liked the idea of secession. Church bells rang and some people celebrated in the streets. Some southerners were scared of seccesion. Virginian Robert E. Lee expressed concern about the future.
Some Northeners liked the South seccesion. The Southeners said they would leave unless the Union brought back slavery. Some Northerners wanted the Union to stay.

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By February 1861, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia had joined South Carolina and left the Union. Delegates from these states met to form a new nation. Naming themselves the Confederate States of America, they chose Jefferson Davis as their president.

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The Constitutional Unionists didnt have an opinion on slavery, they chose John Bell as their candidate.The Republicans choose Abraham Lincoln. They wanted too not mess with slavery, but also wanted to ban it in territories. The Southeners were scared because if the North won it might trigger slave strikes.
With the Democrats divided, Lincoln won. Lincoln's name wasnt even shown in many Southern states. He won every Northern state, however. The North upvoted the South, so they won.

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On December 20, 1860, South Carolina voted to secede from the Union. In other Southern states, leaders debated the question of secession from the Union. Meanwhile, members of Congress tried to find ways to prevent it. Senator John Crittenden of Kentucky suggested a few amendments to the Constitution. They included a protection for slavery south of 36°30' N latitude the line set by the Missouri Compromise in all territories.

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In the election of 1860, the question was whether the Union would continue to exist. These differences divided the nation.
The issue of slavery  split up the Democratic Party. Northern Democrats supported popular sovereignty, nominated Stephen Douglas. Southern Democrats vowed to uphold slavery, candidate was John C. Breckinridge.
People from the North and South formed the Constitutional Union Party.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lu9gDB3L_iAkfZ-quqoZ6TeDyUbLGwCsl91ep3Ithv4/edit?usp=sharing

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Lesson 3 drama = topic

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1.  Deligator: Shauna

2. Graphics and perfectionist: ETHAN

3. Fact checks: Jocelyn/DeShawn

4. Quality Control-all info in kid friendly lingo:  MYLAH

5. Study Guide: Shauna