The Start of The Civil War: Harper’s Ferry, Election of 1860 & Secession

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Harper’s Ferry

Oh, that crazy John Brown! Believes the time has come to liberate slaves Plots to take over federal armory in Harper’s

Ferry, Virgina Hopes to arm slaves with stolen ammunition

PROBLEM: NO SLAVES SHOW UP Arrested and hanged

Robert Lee: “Land won’t be cleansed without blood.”

Election of 1860

The Secession Crisis

Upon Lincoln’s election, South Carolina secedes

Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Texan secede soon afterwards Declare themselves the Confederate States of

America Elect Jefferson Davis as president

The Secession Crisis

The Upper South Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Tennessee,

Arkansas, & Delaware do not secede Wait to see if Union attacks the South