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What was the so-called slave power conspiracy that Lincoln and many other republicans feared by the late 1850s?
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He was afraid that the South would try to overwhelm the North by overpowering their economic and political power.
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In 1800 federalists viewed jeffersonian republicans as dangerous radicals and feared the consequences if they gained control of the government What actually happened when the republicans were elected?
The Republicans did not make nearly as many changes as they had advocated.
How were federalists different from the republicans in how they felt about powerful central government?
The Federalists wanted a strong central government whereas the Republicans feared a strong central government.
Why did Lincoln fear he might not be?
In the Summer of 1864, radical Republicans did not see the progress they expected from US President Lincoln's efforts to end the war and end slavery. Lincoln was a moderate Republican and to many of the radicals, he had been too soft on the South. This, in 1864, was an unfair charge against Lincoln. He and his generals were doing all that was possible to force the South into a surrender. Lincoln feared that the Republican Party would not nominate him as their candidate for the November 1864 presidential election.
Many republicans in the senate objected to Article 10 of the plan for the league of nations because they feared that?
They feared that Article 10 could be used to drag the united states into unpoPular foreign wars.
Why do you think both Lincoln and the Radical Republicans excluded former confederate officer from their reconstruction plans?
Answer 1because they disagreed with the confederate officers and so Lincoln & radical republicans compromise and work together.Answer 2There were two main reasons.Firstly, the former Confederate Officers were men that had just finished committing treason against the Government of the United States. It would not make sense to give them immediate clemency.Secondly, losing the war did not change their opinions on major issues such as Slavery, State Nullification, and several other issues. In order to create a viable Reconstruction program to implement the changes that the nation needed, Lincoln and the Radical Republicans needed to keep the former Confederates out.
What stirred discord between the north and south?
The election of 1860, in which the ardent abolitionist Abraham Lincoln was elected enraged the southern states because they feared that Lincoln would abolish slavery.
How did the federalists feel about a strong central government?
The Federalists wanted a strong central government whereas the Republicans feared a strong central government.
What led to the formation of the Republican Party in the 1850s?
The Republicans formed from parts of the old Whig party, which had fragmented over the issue of slavery, and the Free Soil movement. Republicans were generally expansionists who feared the extension of slavery into new states.
Why do republicans had concerns about a strong central government having too much power?
They feared that a strong central government would act like a monarchy.
Why did president Lincoln impose martial law on Baltimore?
He feared for his life as he travled from Illnois to Washington DC.
Why were political parties feared by both the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists?
A.Both parties felt that they held the true principles of the Revolution and the other side was a dangerous faction
Why the election of president Lincoln was followed by the outbreak of Civil War?
Southerners feared he would abolish slavery and seceded.
