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Identify seceding states and explain how the Civil War began.
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Soon after Lincoln’s 1860 election, one Deep South state seceded on December 20, before any other state left the Union. Which state was it?
In January 1861, this state became the second to secede after South Carolina and before Florida acted the next day. Which state was it?
On February 1, 1861, this state became the seventh to secede, just before delegates gathered at Montgomery. Which state was it?
Which state seceded on January 10, 1861, between Mississippi and Alabama in the first wave of secession?
This state stayed in the Union through the Fort Sumter attack, then voted to secede on April 17, 1861. Which state was it?
On February 4, 1861, delegates from seceded states met in Montgomery to organize a new government. What did they create?
When delegates organized the Confederacy at Montgomery in February 1861, what office was Jefferson Davis first given?
On March 11, 1861, delegates at Montgomery approved the permanent founding document of their new government. What document did they adopt?
The first Confederate capital was placed where delegates organized the government in February 1861. Which city was that?
When the Confederacy formed its government in 1861, who led its executive branch?
Lincoln tried to resupply a U.S. fort in Charleston Harbor, and Confederate forces fired on it on April 12, 1861. What was this event?
Before the firing at Fort Sumter, Confederate General Beauregard demanded that Major Anderson give up the fort. Anderson refused. What happened next?
Why was Fort Sumter a crisis point in April 1861?
What broader result followed the Confederate bombardment and Union surrender of Fort Sumter?
After Fort Sumter fell, Lincoln declared an insurrection and called for militia. What number of volunteers did he seek first?
After Fort Sumter, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee (lighter on the map) left the Union, while Kentucky and Missouri (darker) did not. What pattern does this show?
Kentucky and Missouri, shaded on the map, both allowed slavery in 1861 but remained officially in the Union. What does their choice show?
Maryland bordered Washington, D.C., and contained important rail links during the secession crisis. Which side did Maryland officially remain with?
Virginia’s convention rejected secession on April 4, 1861, then approved it on April 17. What major events shifted the debate?
In 1863, West Virginia separated from Confederate Virginia and joined the Union. What border-region reality does that event show?
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