Section 4
The Impending Crisis
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The Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown, a radical abolitionist from the North, led an attack on the federal arsenal Harper's Ferry in 1859.
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Lincoln and Republican Victory in 1860
The presidential election of 1860 often is considered the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the Civil War.
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Secession of the South
Seven Deep South states passed secession ordinances by February 1861 in the aftermath of the 1860 presidential election.