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Front 1

1.) This means to withdraw from a union

2.) The final straw was Lincoln winning the presidential election.

3.) His name didn't even appear on most Southern states ballots but he won every northern state.

4.)The north was more populous so it outvoted the south.

Back 1

Secession

Front 2

1.) The states that left were Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee

2.) They claimed the constitution was a contract between the states.

3.) They claimed that the government violated that "contract."

Back 2

Confederate States of America

Front 3

1.) This person was elected as the president of the Confederate States of America He also started the battle at Fort Sumter

Back 3

Jefferson Davis

Front 4

1.) Rights and powers independent of the federal government.

2.) The southerners justified states' rights.

Back 4

States' Rights

Front 5

1.) This was on an island guarding Charleston Harbor.

2.) This was important both ways because it started the civil war and the confederate states got this.

3.) The north didn't have any supplies because the supplies were on a boat caught in the high seas.

4.) This happened on April 12, 1861.

5.) The Confederate States of America won this battle.

Back 5

Fort Sumter