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-7 southern states leave the U.S. -Lincoln’s Goals: promised not to attack the southern states and to preserve the Union.
-federal post in Charleston, South Carolina, that surrendered to the Confederacy in -this attack started the U.S. Civil War.
4 more states joined the Confederacy totaling 11. Border States: the 5 slave states that remained with the North: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, & Missouri Virginia splits into 2 states: West Virginia (North) & Virginia (South)
Union General with a two-part strategy for defeating the South. Naval blockade around the southern states to destroy its economy. Mississippi River: control the river to help divide the South.
Cotton diplomacy: a plan to enlist England’s aid in return for continued cotton shipments. Plan failed: Britain found new cotton suppliers in India & Egypt.
Thousands joined both armies: mostly farmers, teachers, merchants, laborers, & others Civilians volunteered to help: money to aid soldiers & their families, they staffed & supplied emergency hospitals, & 3,000 women served as army nurses.