Which of the following best shows how the issue of states' rights contributed to the onset of the Civil War?
(1 point)
• Many Northerners believed that states' rights should not extend to slave states.
• Many Southerners believed that giving states additional rights would hold back western expansion.
• Many Southerners believed the rights of their states were threatened by Northern abolitionists.
• Many Northerners believed the rights of their states were threatened by the election of Abraham Lincoln.
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Many Southerners believed the rights of their states were threatened by Northern abolitionists.
"With malice toward none, with charity for all...let us strive...to bind up the nation's wounds... to do all which may achieve a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
_Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address
Based on the lesson and this quote, what was Lincoln's hope for the future of the Union?
(1 point)
• The South would be punished for causing the war.
• The united Union would take its place among world powers.
• Both sides would reconcile and freedom and equality would prevail.
• The North would provide charity to replace all that was lost during the war.
_Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address
Based on the lesson and this quote, what was Lincoln's hope for the future of the Union?
(1 point)
• The South would be punished for causing the war.
• The united Union would take its place among world powers.
• Both sides would reconcile and freedom and equality would prevail.
• The North would provide charity to replace all that was lost during the war.
1 answer