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∙ 14y agoThe Confederacy challenged Lincoln by leaving the union, deeming it a state's right, and firing on Ft. Sumter, April 12, 1861.
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What 3 things did Lincoln do for your nation?
President Lincoln started the "beginning of the end" for slavery in the USA. He successfully prosecuted a war against the Confederacy. Lincoln thus reunited the union into the USA we know today.
What courageous things did Abraham Lincoln do?
he was able to go against the confederacy (his own country) and fight to help keep America a united country. if it wasn't for Abraham Lincoln, we might have to have a passport to texas!
Which side did George B McClellan fight against in the US Civil War?
McClellan was a Union general (the North) and thus fought against the Confederacy (the South). He also ran against Lincoln in 1865, but lost in a severe landslide.
What were President Lincoln's motives in limiting the reach of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Britain and France were close to granting recognition to the Confederacy, and Lincoln had to turn the war into an official crusade against slavery, to shame them out of doing this. His tactic was totally successful. Europe had to stay out of it.
What did the emancipation proclamation end in the confederacy in the confederacy?
nothing. Lincoln had no control over the confederacy. the proclamation ended slavery in the north but their were no slaves up there.
Did Lincoln support the Confederacy?
No he was the Commander in Chief of the Union.
What side was Lincoln on?
He was the President of the United States, not the Confederacy.
Who was the president of Confederacy during Abraham Lincoln presidandcy?
The only President that the confederacy ever had was Jefferson Davis.
Why did Jefferson Davis fight for he south confederacy if he did not agree with slavery?
One of the reasons could consist in his fear that Abraham Lincoln would be cruel against the opposing states.
What did president Lincoln view the confederacy as?
States in open rebellion.
What step did Lincoln announce after the battle?
Freeing slaves in the confederacy
Why didn't Lincoln want to punish the confederacy?
in civil war
