Question

When did conflict between Union and Confederate soldiers begin at Fort Pickens?
a. years after the battle of fort sumter
b. years after the battle of bull run
c. months before the battle of fort sumter
d. months before congress ratified the thirteenth amendment

Answer 1

As early as 1858, the ongoing conflict between North and South over the issue of slavery had led Southern leadership to discuss a unified separation from the United States. By 1860, the majority of the slave states were publicly threatening secession if the Republicans, the anti-slavery party, won the presidency.