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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.

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