THE SOUTH SECEDES

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THE CONFEDERACY• Seven States meet in

Montgomery, AL to form new government– AL, MS, SC, TX, GA, FL, LA– Feb. 1861

• Elect Jefferson Davis (MS) President

REASONS FOR SECESSION

LINCOLN’S RESPONSE TO SECESSION

1) Hold federal property in the South

2) Enforce the laws of United States

FORT SUMTERFederal Fort at

Charleston Harbor, SC needed resupplied

Confederates attacked on

April 12, 1861 NO CASUALTIESCONFEDERATES CAPTURE THE

FORT

RESULTS OF FORT SUMTERLincoln issues a call for

75,000 troops to fight to save the Union

Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, & Arkansas

voted to join the Confederacy