After Lincoln's election the first seven states left the Union, beginning with South Carolina. Why did those states secede? At that time it was not war, but a Constitutional crisis as those states declared they were forming the Confederate States of America. The first shots were fired at Fort Sumter. What happened here at this fort which still flew the United States flag? It was after this that war began.

Why does benjamin martin eventually join the continental army

Which scenario best illustrates the principle of popular sovereignty?

Read these lines from "o captain! my captain! ". o the bleeding drops of red, where on the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. how does whitman use the extended metaphor to refer to lincoln’s death? a. whitman compares lincoln’s death to what the death for all the soldiers was like. b. whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of one of the army generals. c.whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of losing a family member in the war. d. whitman compares lincoln’s tragic death to a captain lying dead on the deck of his ship.