SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
LINCOLNS ELECTION
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Question
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He was from Kentucky.
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He was too tall.
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He was Catholic.
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They thought he would try to ablisih slavery.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -These prominent Southerners possessed an outright dislike for Lincoln and responded to his candidacy and eventual election with great hostility. This paper will explore why so many Southerners disliked Abraham Lincoln and why they were willing to take action that would lead to war in 1861.
Detailed explanation-3: -With the election of President Lincoln in 1860, southern officials began to fear that Lincoln would repeal the bill and that the northern majority would threaten their way of life – and their economic interests. Southern states began to fear that Lincoln would emancipate slaves.
Detailed explanation-4: -Upon Lincoln’s election, Southern states began to secede from the Union. Many Southerners believed that Lincoln would end slavery within the United States. Eleven Southern states seceded from the Union between December 1860 and June 1861, creating the Confederate States of America and beginning the American Civil War.