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PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course History: Election of 1860 and Road to Disunion
In this Crash Course video with John Green, we learn about the election of 1860, escalating conflict between the North and South over the issue of slavery, violent confrontations in Kansas, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the unpopularity of...
A&E Television
History.com: This Day in History: 1861 the Civil War Begins
Explains how the Civil War began when Fort Sumter was attacked on April 12, 1861. [1:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: The Civil War: Secession and Fort Sumter
Covers the period right after the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860 but before he is inaugurated in March. During that time, the Southern states formed the Confederacy and seceded in an effort to preserve the system of...