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Fort Sumter |
In 1861, that spark occurred at Fort Sumter, a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil war. |
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Border states |
Wedged between North and South were the key border states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri-slave states that did not join the confederacy. |
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Winfield Scott |
Developed a two part strategy: 1. Destroy the South's economy with a naval blockade of southern ports; 2. Gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the South. Other leaders urged an attack on Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital |
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Cotton Diplomacy |
Cotton Diplomacy. This was the idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South's raw cotton to supply it's booming textile industry. |
