SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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They were hoping to work out a compromise
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They were annoyed, but decided to ignore them
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They saw it as an invasion by a foreign country
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They welcomed them with a parade
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Detailed explanation-1: -In June 1863, Confederate general Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia invaded the North in hopes of relieving pressure on war-torn Virginia, defeating the Union Army of the Potomac on Northern soil, and striking a decisive blow to Northern morale.
Detailed explanation-2: -Confederate soldiers were fighting to achieve a separate and independent country based on what they called “Southern institutions, ” the chief of which was the institution of slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -The American Civil War was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861. The conflict began primarily as a result of the long-standing disagreement over the institution of slavery.