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the united staets split intot wo sections each with their own president the north and the south lincoln and buchannen the attack on fort sumter is the beginning of hte civil war

lincoln makes sure that the border states even though they are slave states are not taken over whihc is a very strategic move because he deosn’t want the capital washington dc to be surrounded

the war begins the south is outnumbered 22m to 9m

600,000 people died from it

southren economy was destroyed

4 million slaves are freed by the 13nth amendment