Brother 9-30 Vs. Brother
Causes Tariff Issue
Causes Lifestyles
North
Lifestyles South
Causes Slavery
Causes Strong National Government vs. States’ Rights (Jackson vs. Calhoun)
The Spark that Starts the Fire
Fort Sumter, SC March 1861-US Army Major Anderson sends a memo to Army headquarters saying that he was nearly out of supplies
Fort Sumter, SC April 6-Lincoln sent a message to Gov. Pickens of SC that supply ships were coming to Sumter, but there were no troops aboard or weapons.
Fort Sumter, SC April 6-Conf. General PGT Beauregard, the local Confederate commander, sent a memo to Anderson to evacuate the fort. Anderson refused.
Fort Sumter, SC 4:30 AM-April 12, Beauregard fired on the fort for 36 hours
Fort Sumter, SC April 13-The fort was surrendered
April 13, 1861 Ft. Sumter
Lincoln Proclaims the Southern States in Active Rebellion He called on the states to supply soldiers to put down the uprising.
4 more Southern States Secede Arkansas Tennessee Virginia and last, North Carolina
Richmond, Virginia is chosen as the Confederate Capitol
Jefferson Davis, former USA Sec. Of War, is chosen the Confederate President
July 22, Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln
The Homestead Act Jan. 1, allowed anyone to file for a quarter-section of free land (160 acres). The land was yours at the end of five years if you had built a house on it, dug a well, broken (plowed) 10 acres, fenced a specified amount, and actually lived there
Pacific Railway Act 1862-gave five square miles of public land to railroad construction companies for each mile of track laid.
Morrill Land Grant Act 1862-Created agricultural and mechanical colleges in each state Offered 30,000 acres for each U.S. senator and representative
Morrill Land Grant Act
The Emancipation Proclamation That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free
USA Vs. CSA
North vs. South-Population
North vs. South-Bank Deposits
North vs. South-Railroads
North vs. South-Factories