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Why does Lincoln say the union cannot survive half slave and half free?
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∙ 16y ago
Because of the violence that erupted because of slavery: see John Brown's raid, nat turner's rebellion, and bleeding Kansas Because of the violence that erupted over slavery: see John Brown's raid, Nat Turner's rebellion, and bleeding Kansas. Plus Preston Brookes hit Charles Sumner with a cane in congress for insulting slave owners. Then southerners sent Preston Brookes new canes to replace the one he ruined beating sumner.
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What did Lincoln want to preserve?
Lincoln wanted to preserve the union to protect and defend.
Who was the former slave who urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in the union army?
Frederick Douglass
Why did the emancipation proclamation not apply to slave in union state?
Because Lincoln didn't want to upset powerful slave-owners in the border states and drive them into the arms of the Confederacy.
What did Lincoln say about states seceding the union?
President Lincoln stated that in his view, secession was unconstitutional. He vowed to protect Federal property and added he would enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. Lincoln did all he could to prevent and bring back to the Union secessionist states.
How did African Americans get involved in civil rights?
because Lincoln stated that if you are a slave and want to be free fight for the union army
Why did seceding state believe the had to leave the union?
Because Lincoln had won the 1860 election on a ticket of no new slave-states.
What is on Abraham Lincoln head in the Lincoln Memorial?
IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER
What are slave owned states that did not secede from the union?
The Buffer States - Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware. Lincoln's chief priority at the outbreak of the war was to keep these four states in the Union.
What did Lincoln's 1863 proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction require?
It required the relevant slave-state to quit the Confederacy and re-join the Union.
What were some slave states in 1863?
All of the Union states that allowed slavery before the war were not affected by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Which event in1861 led to the immediate secession of several southern state from the union?
Lincoln's Presidency
Why did Lincoln not free the slaves at the start of the war?
Because at the beginning, it was not an abolitionist war. Lincoln had been elected on a ticket of no new slave-states, and this is what caused the Southern states to secede from the Union.
