Compare And Contrast The Secession And Fort Sumter

The Secession and Ft. Sumter involved the South, North, South Carolina, and Fort Sumter and it affected the North, South, the Union, and South Carolina. The South seceded from the Union after the Election of 1860. They felt that they had no representation in the government once Lincoln became the President. The Southern territories consolidated and formed the “Confederate States of America” . To wholly transform the states in the Confederacy, the South captured Fort Sumter which was being controlled by Robert Anderson, a former slave owner. This was the first act of aggression in the Civil War. The North did not want to begin a Civil War with the South. Once, the North learned about the South’s bombardment of Fort Sumter, they were ambitious