SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
LINCOLNS ELECTION
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Question
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they could freely leave the Union if they wanted
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new states should not be formed
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the Union could not be divided
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there should only be one country in all of North America
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many maintain that the primary cause of the war was the Southern states’ desire to preserve the institution of slavery. Others minimize slavery and point to other factors, such as taxation or the principle of States’ Rights.
Detailed explanation-2: -Secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the American Civil War, comprises the series of events that began on December 20, 1860, and extended through June 8 of the next year when eleven states in the Lower and Upper South severed their ties with the Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the United States, Southern Unionists were white Southerners living in the Confederate States of America opposed to secession. Many fought for the Union during the Civil War. These people are also referred to as Southern Loyalists, Union Loyalists, or Lincoln’s Loyalists.