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At the beginning of the war why did Lincoln and many northerners want to fight the south?
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What did southerner call northerners who went to fight the south?
The union and the south was confederate states
Did some northerners fight for the south during the Civil War?
Yes.
Why was Abraham Lincoln afraid to alienate the large numbers of northerners?
He needed their support to win the war against the south.
Why were northerners and southerners willing to fight in the civil war?
because they want the people enslaved in the south to be free...
Who urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the civil war and reunite as American?
Abraham Lincoln, because he was on south side
What did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln lead to?
For the south, It was a great thing. They actually praised the assinator that committed the crime. For the Northernaers, it made them feel rather sorry for him. He was only trying to do some good.
Why preserve the Union?
There are some disagreements about why President Lincoln and the Northerners were willing to fight a war to save the country instead of letting the South secede peacefully. It may have been because the United States was largely seen as a political experiment and they didn't want to see it fail.
Was the North morally obligated to fight the war to end slavery?
No. The issue at the beginning was not slavery itself. It was the proposed extension of slavery and the cotton trade, and the prospect of the South growing rich enough to form a separate nation, taking the cotton revenues with them. It was only after Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that the institution of slavery became the target. But even that did not turn most Northerners into Abolitionists. They just wanted to win the war.
How did the nation reunite?
The Union won the Civil War and took over the South. There were Northerners that came down to take political positions. Abraham Lincoln and his vice president, Andrew Johnson, wanted to be gentle with the South but after Lincoln was killed, the Republicans in Congress wanted to punish the South. They controlled the Reconstruction.
Who were the Carpetbaggers?
northerners who came to the south after the civil war
Who expressed his opinion to Lincoln that by casting the war as fight against slavery Europe would be less likely to help the south?
The correct answer to this is Frederick Douglass. Along with Horace Greeley, Frederick Douglass urged or more like provoked Lincoln to turn the war into a battle to end slavery in America. Northerners also supported this position. I hope this helps
What was Abraham Lincoln's attitude towards the south at the beginning of the civil war?
Lincoln would use military force only when necessary.
