You are given a passage. Using the information present in the passage, you need to classify it into one of the 10 topics: 0 - 'Society & Culture', 1 - 'Science & Mathematics', 2 - 'Health', 3 - 'Education & Reference', 4 - 'Computers & Internet', 5 - 'Sports', 6 - 'Business & Finance', 7 - 'Entertainment & Music', 8 - 'Family & Relationships', 9 - 'Politics & Government'.

Yes, if Lincoln wouldn't have re-inforced Ft. Sumter. The fort was being turned over to the Confederacy before he did that. The North could have withdrawn. Pre-Civil War the Constitution was concidered a Social Compact. The South had some legitament reasons for leaving. The Missouri Comprimise was not a comprimise, making the South feel more threatened.

During the Presidential Campaign Lincoln was the only talking about Civil War. If the South wanted Civil War it would have start a few years earlier when John Brown tried to take over that armory in Virgina
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