fort sumter was the immediate catalyst to the civil war.
fort sumter was the immediate catalyst to the civil war.
what was the immediate catalyst to the civil war?
fort sumter
the immediate catalyst for secession was the victory of the republican party and the election of abraham lincoln as president in the 1860 elections. american civil war historian james m. mcpherson suggested that, for southerners, the most ominous feature of the republican victories in the congressional and presidential elections of 1860 was the magnitude of those victories: republicans captured over 60 percent of the northern vote and three-fourths of its congressional delegations. the southern press said that such republicans represented the anti-slavery portion of the north, "a party founded on the single sentiment ... of hatred of african slavery", and now the controlling power in national affairs. the "black republican party" could overwhelm conservative yankees. "the new orleans delta" said of the republicans, "it is in fact, essentially, a revolutionary party" to overthrow slavery.
confederate states of america
the national resources commission was secretly formed as the national defense planning commission (國防設計委員會) in 1932 in nanjing with a staff of fifty technical experts to plan industrial mobilization in preparation for the second sino-japanese war. the immediate catalyst for the formation of the national defense planning commission was the japanese invasion of manchuria in 1931. its immediate goal was to design and implement defense-related industries to make china self-sufficient in impending war with japan.
national resources commission