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Q: How did the election of Abraham Lincoln start the civil war?
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Did Abraham Lincoln start the civil war on slavery?

no


When Abraham Lincoln was killed did the the civil war start?

No. President Lincoln was assassinated after the Civil War was over.


Who was Abraham Lincoln's Vice president at the start of the US Civil War?

Hannibal Hamlin


What events led to start of the civil war?

Lincoln's election win, on a ticket of no new slave-states


Which statement basis blame the president Abraham Lincoln justification for the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln placed blame for the Civil War squarely on the seceded Southern States. He viewed the secession as an act of treason, which justified the start of the Civil War.


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At the start of the civil war president lincoln did not plan to?

At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln did not plan to allow the Southern states to break the Union apart. He wanted to keep the country whole and felt it was his duty as President.


Who was the President of the US during the American Civil War?

Civil War President Abraham Lincoln had just been elected US President when the first Southern state of South Carolina in December of 1860 seceded. That state would other Southern states and become united as the Confederate States of America. Part of the reason for secession was due to the South's concerns that Lincoln would abolish slavery entirely. Since Lincoln had not been inaugurated when the states seceded, though, James Buchanan was technically President at the very start. Jefferson Davis was president of Confederacy.Since it would take the usual long process to amend the US Constitution, to abolish slavery, the election of Abraham Lincoln was not a specific cause for secession. The US Supreme Court had said slavery was constitutional. Also, President elect Lincoln vowed to let slavery alone where it already existed.The South did consider Lincoln an enemy, but their secession had deeper toots then a new president that only gathered 31% of the votes.During the US Civil War, the US President was Abraham Lincoln.


Why did the US Civil War start?

Because of sectionalism which was caused by secession, states' rights, protective tariffs, Lincoln's election, and slavery.


Why did they start the Civil War and was Oklahoma in the war?

The Civil War was started because Abraham Lincoln wanted to stop slavery and no Oklahoma was not involved in The Civil War because it joined the Union in 1907


What were Abraham Lincoln's thoughts on the civil war?

Abraham Lincoln didn't want the civil war but he was ready to fight for the land that the south "stole" (meaning they took federal land from the union when they seceded). he was fine with the south having slavery, everyone thinks that the civil war started because Abraham Lincoln didn't like slavery, but that is just what Stephen a. Douglas said and made him look like.


When did Abraham Lincoln start the civil war?

He did not start the Civil War. The Civil War began On April 12, when Confederate forces led by General P.T. Beauregard opened fire on Fort Sumter which was a federally held fort in South Carolina.