First of all it is Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln opposed slavery and he was president during the Civil War. If you are a student, It would probably helpful to look in your textbook. Also states rights' were an issue to him but not as major as slavery.
The main reason that Southerners opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln was his opposition to the expansion of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.
It was the issue of slavery that Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas disagreed about during their political debates. Stephen A Douglas supported slavery while Abraham Lincoln opposed it.
Abraham Lincoln. That was why the Southern states rebelled.
he was against slavery.
Abraham lincoln
Abraham Lincoln.
No, deportation was not practical at that time. However, Lincoln was not opposed the idea.
Abraham Lincoln opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
Abraham Lincoln opposed slavery and Douglas wanted states rights
It was Stephen Douglass and John C. Breckenridge who he was going against.