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What did the southern states begin to do as soon as Lincoln was elected?
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South Carolina seceded from the USA, and encouraged others to follow.
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What did Lincoln's election to the presidency help motivate the Southern states to do?
Begin the process of secession
How many southern states secede after lincoln's election?
35 Abraham Lincoln was elected as US President, for the first time on November 6, 1860. On this date, none of the Southern States had seceded from the Union, and there were 35 states, in the US. The following month, South Carolina declared its secession on December 20, 1860. By the time Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, 7 Southern States had declared secession from the Union.
In what administration did the southern states begin to secede?
once Lincoln gave Douglas a dirty sanchez
How did Abraham Lincoln's presidency begin?
The presidency of Abraham Lincoln was in crisis almost immediately. Several states in the South seceded from the Union shortly after he was elected and inaugurated.
How did Lincoln and the Radical Republicans differ in their views on the legal status of the seceded states?
Lincoln believed that once a state always a state, which meant they had no power to secede. He was very forgiving to the CSA (Confederate States of America/southern states) after the war, and allowed them back into the union & begin reconstruction if 10% of the southern states who seceded's population swore allegiance to the Union. The Radicals believed that the Southern states had committed suicide and destroyed their own states. They thought Lincoln was being too lenient, and called for 50% or more to swear allegiance before reconstruction would begin. Lincoln vetoed the bill.
Why did the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860 spark the southern movement for independence and begin the Civil War?
Because Lincoln would not allow the creation of any new slave-states, so the South would always be outvoted in Congress.
When did President Lincoln begin to formulate a fair way to end slavery in the US?
President Lincoln did begin to formulate a fair way to end slavery in the United States in 1862.
Why did the southern states begin to talk more about secession after Kansas became a state?
because it was cool
Why did southern states withdraw from the union?
It was an issue of state's rights and with the election of Lincoln they thought that he would force the abolition of slavery on them without asking them. Today, there are still issues concerning states rights that echo the 1860's. The question is where does the rights of the states end and the federal government begin ? This was the essential issue in the 1860's.
What did southern states begin to do prior to the start of the civil war?
They seceded from the Union and set up an independent federation of States: the Confederacy.
Name 4 American states that begin with 'l'?
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa are U.S. states. They begin with I.
How did the civil war begin between northern and southern states?
the civil war started when the south attacked fort sumpter
