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1. Explain how Lincoln's election as President split the nation along sectional lines.
2. Why did some states secede?
3. Why did Lincoln's election alarm southerners?
4. How did each side argue for and against the rights of states to secede from the Union?
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Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address Jefferson Davis, First Inaugural Address
“no state … can lawfully get out of the Union.”
“In YOUR hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in MINE, is the momentous issue of civil war. …
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”
[The Confederate States] formed a new alliance, but within each State its government has remained, the rights of person and property have not been disturbed."
"As a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of separation; "
Use the quotes above and your knowledge from your lessons to answer the question:
Explain how Lincoln's election as President split the nation along sectional lines. Why did some states secede? Why did Lincoln's election alarm southerners? How did each side argue for and against the rights of states to secede from the Union?
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