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In 1861 the king of Siam offered to send a gift to the United States but Lincoln politely refused what was the gift?
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King Siam was giving War Elephants to the United States.
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Why did Southern states refuse to put Lincoln on the 1860 ballot?
Lincoln's election would spell an end to slavery, so the southern states refused to add him.
What was the major reason that led to the civil war?
States rights and the fact that Lincoln refused to allow the southern states to leave the union.
What was the main cause of the secession of southern states?
The election of Lincoln, who had refused to allow any extension of slavery.
How did Abraham Lincoln get unpopular?
He refused to let the South cecede from the Union to form the Confederate States of America.
How did Sam Houston see the secession issue and what did he do about it?
He refused to take an oath to the Confederate States of America, was removed from office as the Governor and refused an offer from Presiident Lincoln of 50,000 US troops.
Why was Lincoln's election the reason some southern states chose secede from the union?
Because Lincoln had refused to allow any extension of slavery into the new Western states. So the South was doomed to be outvoted in Congress every time.
Why did Southern states refuse to put Lincoln on the 1860 election ballot?
Lincoln's election would spell an end to slavery, so the southern states refused to add him.
How did Abraham Lincoln handle the Civil War as Commander in Chief?
Lincoln refused to consider the Confederate States of America as a viable political entity and, with cooperation from the Northern States or US Congress, invaded the Confederate States which he considered to be in "rebellion" and militarily subdued it.
Who is the is George washighton?
The first president of the United States. He was offered a position of king, but refused and served an eight year term as president. Before his presidency he was a general during the US revolution.
Lincoln refused to sign the republicans plan for reconstruction?
Lincoln refused to sign the Radical Republicans Reconstruction bill because he felt it was too harsh. His main consideration was to unify the country once more. He believed that placing heavy handed penalties on the former Confederate states would make the road to reconciliation difficult, if not impossible.
What was the emancipation procimation?
It was a proclamation issued by Lincoln which freed all the slaves in states which were in rebellion (that is, the Confederate states during the Civil War). Lincoln threatened to free the slaves as a way to leverage the Confederacy into rejoining the Union. The Confederates refused. Lincoln followed through on his threat. Despite what many think, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves, only those in states which had seceded. Slaves in other states had to wait until the adoption of the 13th Amendment before they received their freedom.
Last ditch plan to save the union?
The Crittenden Compromise - a last hope that was offered to the newly-inaugurated Lincoln, who turned it down because it would have allowed some new slave-states.
