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What event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?
The election of Lincoln as president.
Term used for people who opposed secession?
A term used for people who opposed secession of the states were called conservatives. The people that supported secession were called secessionists.
Who was the south's answer to the North's Lincoln?
Robert e. Lee
Lincoln did not want to send more troops to Fort Sumter because of the possible secession of Virginia and other loyal states?
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Who resigned form commanding Union forces due to his loyalty to the South?
You probably mean Robert E. Lee. He was a regular US officer, whom Lincoln wanted to appoint as an army commander and likely future General-in-Chief. Lee said he would have to wait to see whether his home-state of Virginia voted Confederate - which he hoped it wouldn't, as he disapproved of secession. However, the vote went that way, and Lee resigned to join the Confederates.
Which idea do Lincoln and lee shared?
That slavery was a bad thing, and secession was a bad thing.
Why did many southerns feel that secession was necessary after Lincoln won the presidency in 1860?
because southerners thought Abraham Lincoln was going to remove slavery
What was the policy of Lincoln prior to secession during the secession crisis and when he became President?
Federal Right
Who was Georgia's governor during secession and how did he feel about secession?
Kevin Gleefure
Was Lincoln right or wrong about the issue of secession?
He was right.
What were the events that led to the secession of the confederate 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.
Who opposed secession but did not believe that the Union should be held together by force?
Actually. it was Robert E Lee. Lincoln had no problem using force to hold the Union together. Her did see it as the last resort but he knew all along it would eventually come to force. Robert E. Lee did not want secession to happen but if it did felt is was wrong for force to be used to prevent it.
Why did Robert E lee turn down president Lincoln's offer to be general of the union army but later be become general of the condensate army?
He Loved Virginia, and when Virginia declared its secession, Lee chose to follow his home state.
How did Robert E. Lee defined secession?
he hated it
President Lincoln's strategy regarding secession focused on?
Lincolnbelieved the Southern Secession should be met with force. Lincolnthought it was illegal.
What view on secession did President Lincoln share with outgoing President James Buchanan?
Both presidents Lincoln and Buchanan believed that secession was unconstitutional. They did differ, however, on one important point. Buchanan, unlike Lincoln, however, did not believe that the federal government had the constitutional power to resist secession through the use of force.
Abraham Lincoln thought secession was?
As illegal and a violation of the US Constitution.
