Start of the Civil War

Lincoln organized an attack on a Confederate military base

The Confederates fired at a ship that was sent to resupply an American military base in the south

The Confederates refused to supply an American military base

Lincoln planned an attack on the south but they intercepted his plans and attacked first 

He planned a large invasion of the Confederate states

He did not respond, in hopes that the south would apologize

He called for 75,000 troops to "suppress the rebellion"

More southern states seceded and joined the Confederacy

Several Confederate states rejoined the Union

They also called for 75,000 troops to fight for the Confedercy

The states that seceded from the country 

The states that did not leave the United States 

The slave states that stayed with the United States

To maintain their independence 

To restore the U.S. economy

To reunite the country (force south back into the country)

To end slavery 

To maintain their independence 

To restore the U.S. economy

To reunite the country (force south back into the country)

To end slavery 

Abraham Lincoln

Jefferson Davis

Stephen Douglass

Anthony Davis

Slave states that stayed with the Union 

Free states that joined the Confederacy 

States that seceded after Ft Sumter 

Confederate states that were closest to the union