0
What did seven southern states decide to do after Lincoln was elected president?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
secede
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why did Lincoln decide not to send armed troops to Fort Sumter?
In 1860, Lincoln was elected President. Not one single southern ... seven southern states seceded1 from the union.
Why did they decide to build the Lincoln Memorial?
To honor president Lincoln
Why are the undecided states so important?
They're the ones that can decide who is elected for president.
Who has responsibility to chose president and vice president?
The people of the United States. We vote for who we want elected and we ultimately decide who is president and vice president.
Why did Andrew Johnson decide to be President?
Andrew Johnson didn't exactly "decide" to be President. John was President Lincoln's Vice-President, and the office was thrust upon him when Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865, because the Vice-President is first in line of succession. Johnson probably liked wielding power, but had burned his bridges with both the Republican Party and his own National Union Party. Although the Southern Democrats expressed some support for him, they weren't willing to accept any of the Lincoln policies Johnson supported, so he was a dead horse candidate for reelection to the Presidency. Johnson also made an unsuccessful attempt to run for Senate in the 1868 election, and for the House of Representatives in the 1872 election. The State of Tennessee finally elected him to serve as a Senator from Tennessee in the 1874 election, but Johnson died of a stroke in July 1875, so he was only in office a few months.
How does Mexico pick their presidents do they let the people decide?
Yes, the Mexican president is elected by direct popular vote.
Could the vice pres searve or ten years?
Of course. It is only the office of president that is limited and that is only the elected term. One could be elected VP with a President whose intention is to resign, effectively electing the same president over and over again. However, the elected President could decide not to resign and if you had such a popular president, then the constitution could be more easily amended.
Why did the south finally decide to secaede?
After Abraham Lincoln was elected as president in 1860, many felt the government was getting too strong and bossy in telling the people "how" they were to live. South Carolina was the first calling themselves The Confederate States of America. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee soon followed. They then elected Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederacy.
Why did the southern states decide to secede after the election of 1860?
Because most agricultural states like in the south were suffering from enormous taxation, and they were losing their edge in representation in the Senate. They knew that if Abraham Lincoln was elected, they would suffer even more and so they decided they wanted their own government.
What was the name of the southern war strategy?
The Anaconda Plan It was to prevent the North from gaining territory for long enough that the Northern people would decide the war could not be won, or at least would not be worth the cost of winning so that president Abraham Lincoln would be forced, politically, to stop the fighting and grant Southern independence.
When did the US decide someone can be President only twice?
The Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution, limiting a US President to two elected terms, was ratified in 1951. This was done after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to four successive terms as President, to prevent the Executive Branch from holding too much power.
The framers of the Constitution agreed that the president should be elected by the?
The constitution calls for the President to elected by electors from the states. It allows the state legislatures to decide how to choose its electors. Probably most of the framers expected the legislatures to elect the electors rather than holding a popular election to choose them.
