Choose the best summary for the following passage. The Civil War was a difficult time in our nation's history. The southern states wanted to secede, or break away, from the Union. Abraham Lincoln, the president of the United States did not want a divided nation so southern troops fired on Ft. Sumter in 1861.

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Abraham Lincoln was the president of the Union during the Civil War which began in 1861.

Ft. Sumter was the location where the Civil War began in 1861.

The Civil War began in 1861 when the southern states fired on Ft. Sumter in an attempt to secede from the Union.

The southern states wanted to secede from Abraham Lincoln.