The Factors Leading to the US Civil War

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1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   2 corrections applied: South Carolina's convention passed the Ordinance of Secession on December 20, 1860, not December 24. | Fort Sumter was fired on April 12, 1861, roughly 22 days (about three weeks) after March 21, not eleven days.

   Before

   South Carolina, the first state to secede (December 24, 1860)... South Carolina Declaration of Secession (December 24, 1860)... On March 21, 1861, eleven days before the first guns fired at Fort Sumter

   After

   South Carolina, the first state to secede (December 20, 1860)... South Carolina Declaration of Secession (December 20, 1860)... On March 21, 1861, about three weeks before the first guns fired at Fort Sumter

   Why: The article body had already been corrected to December 20, 1860 and 'about three weeks,' but two secondary locations still carried the stale unverified date: the bibliography citation ('South Carolina Declaration of Secession (December 24, 1860)') and the FAQ schema (JSON-LD), which both still said December 24, 1860. Fixed both to match the corrected body date of December 20, 1860 (the actual date of South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession).

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