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He gained national stature during his campaign against Stephen Douglas for a U.S. Senate seat in 1858.
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Confederate opened fire on the fort which was unable to reply effectively. Major Anderson surrendered Fort Sumter. The bombing of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the Civil War.
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Lincoln called 75,000 militiamen to put down rebellion against the authority of the federal government. John Lecher refused to send his troops to bring down the Southern states.
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Residents of Virginia did not wish to secede, or to withdraw along with the rest of the state. Virginia was admitted into the Union as the state.
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Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not join the Confederacy even though they accepted slavery. A combination of political movement and the Union military pressure kept these states from seceding.
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Americans were confused by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. Virginia was already a confederate state. Missouri had declared that they would remain as a neutral state.
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An advantage for the north was manufacturing capability. The North had the ability to produce to weapons. Also the North wanted to have a larger population and superior military leadership.
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An advantage for the south was that they still dependent on slavery and this was obstructed their ability to industrialize. South also wanted to have a larger population and also to have a military leadership.
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King cotton supported secession from the United States by arguing cotton exports would make an independent Confederacy. Some king cotton bales were burned in the South to create cotton storages.
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The Anaconda plan was a Strategy to blockade South by sea, and also gain control of the Mississippi River.
