The anti-conscription riots.
Several events contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War. Many people consider the 1861 battle of Fort Sumter to be the direct trigger.
Many significant events occurred in 1865,possibly the MOST significant being the surrender of Gen. Robert E Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
A slave insurrection led by Nat Turner that killed fifty-seven whites, caused some in the Virginia General Assembly consider ending slavery as a safety precaution. However, this suggestion did not gain the needed support from the majority and never became law.
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Which event caused the Southern States to secede from the Union
Lincoln wanted to get rid of slavery and the south didn't agree, so they left and refused to return to the Union. Thats what started the Civil War.
people wanted slavery and some didn't so they went to war agiostThe Election of Abraham Lincoln, which prompted slave holding southern states to secede and then fired on Fort Sumter.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as a President of the United States in 1860 Indeed that happened before the outbreak of the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln the south seceded from the union because he was elected president.
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The anti-conscription riots.
The Confederated fired on Fort Sumter in April of 1865.
John Brown's capture of the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
Several Civil War Battles including Bull Run, Chancellorsville and the battle of Appomattox Courthouse.
Several Civil War Battles including Bull Run, Chancellorsville and the battle of Appomattox Courthouse.
Lincoln's election win in 1860 - it meant there would be no new slave states, so if the South did not secede, they would always be outvoted in Congress.