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On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union. Several months later, South Carolina's [[Fort Sumter]], located near [[Charleston]], became the site of the first shots of the [[Civil War]] were fired.
==History==
[[File:Col-scpgsc.jpg|thumb|300px|Charleston was a major Atlantic port]]
South Carolina is and North Carolina both claim to be the birthplace of [[Andrew Jackson]], the seventh President of the United States.
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