The Civil War Begins

• Fall of Fort Sumter shocked the North
• Lincoln declared South to be in rebellion and asked for 75,000 militiamen
• States had to choose between secession or staying in Union
• Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and states north of them supported Lincoln's call
• Upper South states seceded and provided soldiers and supplies to the South
• Border states were deeply divided on the war
• Kentucky and Missouri controlled parts of important rivers
• Maryland separated Union capital from the North
• Lincoln sent federal troops to border states to keep them in the Union
• West Virginia set up its own state government in 1863

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