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He would rather keep the union together. with the south threatening to secede, he had no choice but to negotiate. He would keep slavery legal if it meant keeping America whole. He understood the how costly a war would be; and was.
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∙ 9y agoHe was more intested in keeping the USA as one country, than he was in freeing slaves. Then he abolished slavery in the South! It didn't work. The slaves did not form another column. What about the North? OK, it wasn't as big a problem in the North. Of course, I wasn't alive in those days.
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∙ 11y agobecause he had promised not to interfere with slavery.
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∙ 11y agoBecause he didn't want to upset powerful slave-owners in the states that had remained loyal, and drive them into the arms of the Confederacy.
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What was Lincoln's reconstruction plan?
he went to Columbia
Why was it difficult to vote for Lincoln in the south?
The South wanted more control of their own states. Lincoln did not support this. Also, the South supported slavery, and Lincoln didn't.
What was the direct cause of secession and eventually the civil war?
The election of 1860. Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The south believed that he was going to abolish slavery. The south then began seceding from the union.
Why did the election of Lincoln spark the secession of southern states?
Because Lincoln had refused to allow any extension of slavery into the new Western states. So the South was doomed to be outvoted in Congress every time.
How were Douglas and Lincoln different?
Lincoln was anti-slavery and Douglas was pro-slavery. Both men were backed by business interests.
What was Abraham Lincoln's decision about slavery?
He wanted to abolish slavery
What does the emanicpation proclamation do?
It was what Lincoln did to abolish slavery.
Did Lincoln try to abolish slavery as soon as he was inaugurated?
No!
What was Lincoln's reconstruction?
Lincolns plan was to abolish slavery!
Put the word abolish in a sentence?
Abraham Lincoln abolish slavery and is our 16th president.
Why did southerners refuse to put Lincoln on the ballot?
The southerners were for slavery, but Lincoln was not. Lincoln would try to abolish slavery.
Did John Quincy Adams abolish slavery?
No, Abraham Lincoln did.
Where did Lincoln make his speech to abolish slavery?
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Did Lincoln truly abolish the practise of Racism in America?
Not in the slightest. Lincoln abolished slavery.
Which 3 people helped abolish slavery?
Ugh.....martin Luther king jr DID NOT abolish slavery. There was no more slavery by the time he was born. he helped abolish SEGREGATION!! MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Who were the abolitionist's?
Abolitionists were people in the US who sought to abolish, or end, slavery in the 1800's. Whether or not to abolish slavery was a key issue that led to the US Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln wrote to abolish slavery?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
