South's secession from the union 1860

Question 1

First state to leave union

Answer 1

South Carolina
Left December 1860

Question 2

By the end of January 1861,

Answer 2

6 more states had seceded (7 including South Carolina)

Question 3

The seceded states declared themselves

Answer 3

The Confederate States of America in February 1861
Elected Jefferson Davis as their president

Question 4

North argued

Answer 4

The Union was older than the constitution
Meant the southern states had no right to secede

Question 5

States in the deep south

Answer 5

Still federal property in the south
Lincoln wanted this property back

Question 6

Lincoln first day in office

Answer 6

Supplied federal garrison at Fort Sumter (South Carolina)

Question 7

Fort Sumter was almost out of food

Answer 7

Needed supplies otherwise would have been abandoned
Supplying the garrison angered the southerners (saw it as an act of aggression)

Question 8

General Pierre Beauregard demanded

Answer 8

The north immediately surrendered in the fort
Opened fire when they didn’t
33 hours later the fort surrendered

Question 9

In response to Beauregard, Lincoln

Answer 9

Called for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion

Question 10

In response to Lincoln,

Answer 10

4 more states immediately seceded
Virginia included

Question 11

Results of attack on Fort Sumter

Answer 11

The American Civil War began