Question

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

Secession would need to be approved through popular sovereignty.

The government was a union of people, not states.

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

Slavery was a system that would eventually bankrupt the Southern states.
Only 2 answers are allowed.

Answer 1

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

Explanation: Lincoln argued the Constitution created a perpetual Union by and for the people, not a compact of sovereign states, and therefore no state had a constitutional right to unilaterally secede.