HY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Homestead Acts, Union Blockade, Monroe Doctrine
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Girding for war: the north and the south. President abraham lincoln declared that secession was impractical because the north and south were not geographically divided. He also stated that with secession, new controversies would arise, including the national debt, federal territories, and the fugitive- slave issue. When president lincoln was elected, there were only two significant forts in the south that flew the union"s flag. Fort sumter, in the charleston harbor, needed supplies in order to support its men. South that the north was sending provisions to the fort, not supplies for reinforcement. Taking the move by lincoln as an act of aggression, the south carolinians fired upon fort. Virginia, arkansas, and tennessee all seceded after the attack on fort sumter. The 11 seceded states were known as the "submissionists. " Lincoln now had a reason for an armed response. He called upon the union states to supply militiamen. Missouri, kentucky, maryland, delaware, and west virginia were the border states.
