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The Southern states' fear of losing liberty and power was?
the ultimate reason for their secession from the Union.
Why did Southern states refuse to put Lincoln on the 1860 ballot?
Lincoln's election would spell an end to slavery, so the southern states refused to add him.
In the Civil War period what did Webster mean by peaceable secession?
Webster meant that the Union should allow the Southern states to secede peacefully. However he stated that once the Southern states seceded it would have to do so by force.
What led the southern states to secede from the union in 1860 and 1861?
- the worry that the government would abolish slavery. The major event was President Lincolns election. The Southern States believed that once Lincoln was in office, he would end slavery for good.
One of the long term political consequences of the northern victory was?
The end of nullification and secession threats or The final defeat of the southern concept of the constitution a compact of states
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