The truth is, secession has been carried in most of the Southern States merely because they were taken by surprise. The subject was sprung upon the people, whose fears were aroused by the triumph ...

But he would not actually become President until his inauguration on March 4th, 1861 in Washington ... a new government called the Confederate States of America.

At the North we have emerged, seemingly, from a state of chaos to firm ... be demonstrated by experience to the Southern mind, before the passion for secession can be stayed.

The film discusses the historical context leading to the American Civil War, focusing on the sectional tensions between free and slave states from 1818 to 1861. It highlights key events such as ...