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South Carolina was voting to secede at the same time that Crittenden was pushing a compromise to settle the slavery question.
South Carolina was voting to secede
crittenden compromise
The Crittenden Compromise. Lincoln rejected it because it could have allowed some extension of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln did not believe that he needed to compromise with the South on the issue of expansion of slavery in the Territories. He thought that the Southern States were bluffing and would not leave the Union.
South Carolina was voting to secede at the same time that Crittenden was pushing a compromise to settle the slavery question.
South Carolina was voting to secede
Crittenden Compromise
crittenden compromise
The Crittenden Compromise failed because it outlawed slavery in western states because Abraham Lincoln opposed the western expansion of slavery.
The Crittenden Compromise was impossible for Abraham Lincoln to even consider. First of all it called for permanent slavery in the slave states with no chance of repeal once it was enacted. The Republicans were adamantly opposed to the expansion of slavery.
Lincoln rejected it because it could have allowed some extension of slavery.
The Crittenden Compromise failed because it outlawed slavery in western states because Abraham Lincoln opposed the western expansion of slavery.
The Crittenden Compromise. Lincoln rejected it because it could have allowed some extension of slavery.
Answer this question… Slavery would be permanently allowed in the South.
Abraham Lincoln did not believe that he needed to compromise with the South on the issue of expansion of slavery in the Territories. He thought that the Southern States were bluffing and would not leave the Union.