LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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The Union couldn’t use violence to save itself.
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The Union was not meant to live for more than 100 years
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States freely created the Union so they can leave when they want.
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The Union was 1 nation that could not be divided or separated.
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Detailed explanation-1: -We often associate the Civil War with the end of slavery-and for good reason. But Lincoln’s primary goal in going to war was to save the Union, slavery or not.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following statements best represents Abraham Lincoln’s experience of and views on slavery prior to the Civil War? “I oppose the spread of slavery into the West, but the Constitution has no authority to interfere with slavery where it already exists."
Detailed explanation-3: -Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Whig Party and later a Republican. He believed that the government’s job was to do what a community of people could not do for themselves. One of his greatest preoccupations as a political thinker was the issue of self-governance and the promise and problems that could arise from it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which best describes President Lincoln’s reaction to the formation of the Confederate States of America? He refused to accept the act of secession.