Abraham Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus at the beginning of the Civil War. Since Maryland was a border state and close to Washington, DC, authorities would have able to arrest anyone who attempted to cause the state to secede from the Union.
Lincoln sent Federal troops to Maryland. He made it clear that Maryland should not leave the Union.
Although there were many people in Maryland who wanted to join the South, there was not enough to bring the state into the Confederacy.
Martial Law
It surrounded the capital.
False.
Abraham Lincoln
To prevent the south from seceding from the north.
The election of Lincoln.
It was mainly the election of Abraham Lincoln.
President Lincoln stated that in his view, secession was unconstitutional. He vowed to protect Federal property and added he would enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. Lincoln did all he could to prevent and bring back to the Union secessionist states.
Lincoln
The Civil War.
True
Slavery IMPROVEMENT The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the US.