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Lincoln's rejection of the Crittenden compromise, because it would have allowed some extension of slavery.
It gave the way to enact their plan for the Reconstruction of the South, based upon the idea that the former Confederate States had to suffer all the consequences of their secession and the war they had lost.
Abraham Lincoln had just been elected US President when the Southern states that would become united as the Confederate States of America seceded. According to Wikipedia, part of the reason for secession was due to the South's concerns that Lincoln would abolish slavery entirely. Since Lincoln had not been inaugurated when the states seceded, though, James Buchanan was technically President at the very start. Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederacy.
US president Lincoln and many others believed that secession was a dangerous act. It would split the US into two separate nations and produce two that were weaker than a unified Union. Lincoln also believed that secession within the South, could also lead to other secessions in the future among different parts of the US. He also believed that as the chief executive, he had the duty to protect Federal property such as forts. Lincoln was a strong unionist and saw only problems if states could secede from the Union.
the ultimate reason for their secession from the Union.
what were the pro slavery anti secession statesgenerally known as border states
The issues that led to the secession had been festering for a long time, but it was the election of Abraham Lincoln that precipitated the secession.
As respective presidents of the United States and the Confederate States of America, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were diametrically opposed on the issues of states' rights in respect to secession. What this fundamentally meant was that Lincoln was unalterably opposed to, while Davis was fully in favor of, this right.
Slavery and the election of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's Presidency
when Lincoln was elected president
the election of Abraham Lincoln.
The 7 states of the south that threatened to secede if Lincoln became President.
Begin the process of secession
The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
President elect Abraham Lincoln viewed secession as being unconstitutional. He was hesitant, however, to use force to forbid states to actually secede. On the other hand, President Buchanan also saw secession as illegal but unlike Lincoln, did not believe the federal government had the constitutional authority to use force against states that did secede.
Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri.