Transcription: In the 1850s, Southerners came to believe that the North would stop at nothing to end slavery. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, seven Southern states left the Union and formed the Confederate States of America, with Jefferson Davis as their president. On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, plunging the nation into civil war. The North had an economic advantage in the war, but the South had great military such as Robert E. Lee. Expecting a short, glorious war, volunteers rushed to enlist. To win Confederate independence, Davis planned to push back invadin ...
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