AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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Question
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This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery
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Election of Jefferson Davis
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Tariffs
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Election of Abraham Lincoln
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Death of Stonewall Jackson
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The South feared the election of Abraham Lincoln because he advocated for the abolition of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican to win the presidency and he, along with the Republicans, had a platform of the abolition of slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lincoln began his public career by claiming that he was “antislavery”–against slavery’s expansion, but not calling for immediate emancipation. However, the man who began as “antislavery” eventually issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in those states that were in rebellion.
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