. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . 28. What attempt was made to reinforce Fort Sumter ? With what result ? W^hatother proceedings by the Secessionists ? What forts remained to the United Stales ?. 240 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES [1861 29. New States.—Kansas wasfilially admitted as a free statewithout excitement in January,1861. Previous to this, underBuchanan, two other states wereadmitted : Minnesota, in 1858, andOregon,* in 1859. At the conclu-sion of his term of office, Buchanan S


. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . 28. What attempt was made to reinforce Fort Sumter ? With what result ? W^hatother proceedings by the Secessionists ? What forts remained to the United Stales ?. 240 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES [1861 29. New States.—Kansas wasfilially admitted as a free statewithout excitement in January,1861. Previous to this, underBuchanan, two other states wereadmitted : Minnesota, in 1858, andOregon,* in 1859. At the conclu-sion of his term of office, Buchanan SEAL OF KANSAS retired to his residence at Wheat-land, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. CHAPTER XIX Lincolns Administration.—The Great Civil War I. The aifairs of the country, when Abraham Lincolnentered upon the office of president, March 4th, 1801, werein a sadly distracted condition. His inauguration tookplace in the presence of a large military force, under thecommand of General Scott ; for a disturbance had beenanticipated. The presidents inaugural address was mild tiou for it, the national troops had been ordered to distant parts, the navy widelyscattered, and everything possible done to weaken the general government, and furtherthe plans of the Secessionists. Buchanan declared that the Const


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