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North and South were very far apart. Things were not good.
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Lincoln runs for President
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president
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He won but there wasn't one vote from the South for him
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Southerners had no voice in the voting process and were pretty upset
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Seven souhtern states, including South Carolina, left the Union
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The Union falls due to the absence of the seven states
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Inaugural speech of Lincoln stated that "No state, upon its own mere action, can lawfully get out of the Union."
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Fort Sumter is the symbol of the Civil War
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The union fort in SC fell because of the Confederate Forces