Question

Division and the Outbreak of War
What arguments did Abraham Lincoln use against the secession of the Southern states? Select all that apply.
(1 point)
Responses

Secession would need to be approved through popular sovereignty.
Secession would need to be approved through popular sovereignty.

The government was a union of people, not states.
The government was a union of people, not states.

The Southern states lacked the power to secede under the Constitution.
The Southern states lacked the power to secede under the Constitution.

Slavery was a system that would eventually bankrupt the Southern states.

Answer 1

The arguments that Abraham Lincoln used against the secession of the Southern states include the following:

- The government was a union of people, not states.
- The Southern states lacked the power to secede under the Constitution.

Lincoln emphasized that the nation was created as a perpetual union and that secession was not a constitutional right. The other options mentioned were not primary arguments used by Lincoln in relation to secession.