Grade Unit 1 Student Early Statehood



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North Carolina Secedes


UNION FLAG The Union flag of the Civil War period had thirty-five stars in the field of blue with West Virginia being the thirty-fifth state.

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In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President. The South worried that he would abolish slavery. Many Southerners supported states’ rights. They believed that slavery and other issues should be decided by each state.


FIRST CONFEDERATE NATIONAL FLAG

The seven stars in the blue field represented the states then in the confederacy. This flag was known as the "Stars and Bars"
In December 1860, South Carolina decided to secede, or withdraw, from the United States, or Union. Other states soon followed. They formed the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.

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In April 1861, Confederate soldiers fired on the Union army at Fort Sumter, in South Carolina. This marked the beginning of the Civil War.

President Lincoln asked Union states to send soldiers for the war. Zebulon Vance, the governor of North Carolina, refused. In May 1861, North Carolina became the last state to secede and join the Confederacy.



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