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CausesSlavery

CausesStrong National Government vs. States’ Rights

•(Jackson vs. Calhoun)

The Spark that Starts the Fire

Fort Sumter, SCMarch 1861-US Army Major Anderson sends a memo to Army headquarters saying that he was nearly out of supplies

Fort Sumter, SCApril 6-Lincoln sent a message to Gov. Pickens of SC that supply ships were coming to Sumter, but there were no troops aboard or weapons.

Fort Sumter, SCApril 6-Conf. General PGT Beauregard, the local Confederate commander, sent a memo to Anderson to evacuate the fort. Anderson refused.

Fort Sumter, SC4:30 AM-April 12, Beauregard fired on the fort for 36 hours

Fort Sumter, SCApril 13-The fort was surrendered

April 13, 1861

Ft. Sumter

Lincoln Proclaims the Southern States in Active Rebellion

He called on the states to supply 75000 soldiers to put down the uprising.

4 more Southern States Secede

ArkansasTennesseeVirginiaand last, North Carolina

Richmond, Virginia is chosen as the Confederate Capitol

Jefferson Davis, former USA Sec. Of War, is chosen the Confederate President

July 22, 1862-Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln

The Homestead Act Jan. 1, 1863- allowed anyone to file for a quarter-section of free land (160 acres). The land was yours at the end of five years if you had built a house on it, dug a well, broken (plowed) 10 acres, fenced a specified amount, and actually lived there

Pacific Railway Act1862-gave five square miles of public land to railroad construction companies for each mile of track laid.

Morrill Land Grant Act1862-Created agricultural and mechanical colleges in each state

Offered 30,000 acres for each U.S. senator and representative

Morrill Land Grant Act

The Emancipation ProclamationThat on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free

USA Vs. CSA

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