Transcript War Begins

War Begins
How did the attack at Fort
Sumter create conflict
between the North and
South?
The states that remained in the
United States became known as
the Union. The Confederacy
had taken control of most of the
forts and military property in
the south.
One fort that was still in Union
control was Fort Sumter in
Charleston, South Carolina.
The Confederacy wanted all
Union soldiers out of the south.
The Confederacy demanded
that the Union surrender Fort
Sumter. When the Union did
not surrender Fort Sumter the
Confederacy opened fire on the
fort.
*The attack on Fort Sumter
marks the beginning of the
Civil War.
After the attack Lincoln asked
Union states to supply 75,000
troops. This angered the states
of Virginia, Arkansas,
Tennessee, and North Carolina.
They seceded and joined the
Confederacy.
The Union now consisted of 23
states and the Confederacy
consisted of 11 states. Four Union
states (which were also slave states)
were unsure whether to stay in the
Union or join the Confederacy. They
became known as Border States.
They were:
Delaware
Maryland
Missouri
Kentucky
For Lincoln the main reason for
fighting was to keep the United
States together. Other Northerners
fought to end slavery. Southerners
were fighting to preserve states’
rights and slavery. They believed
they were defending their
homeland and their way of life.