U9: Lincoln & Secession

Which of the following will have the greatest impact on

the outcome of the Civil War?

• Economic differences between the Union and the Confederacy.

• The amount of military training given to the Union forces and Confederacy forces.

• Religious differences between the Union and the Confederacy.

• The alignment of foreign allies with the Union or with the Confederacy.

Which of these directly resulted from the event

announced in this headline?

• The abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North.

• Members of the U.S. Senate sought to end Black Codes in the southern states.

• The federal government allowed the expansion of slavery into all new western territories.

• Abolitionists moved to the South to avoid living under the new law.

Based on the excerpt & your knowledge of U.S. history, which cause of sectionalism did Lincoln “hate”?

• The spread of slavery

• Northern manufacturing

• Western expansion

• The enforcement of tariffs

How did President Abraham Lincoln react to the idea's for Southern secession in Jefferson Davis’s speech?

• Lincoln stated that the argument by the South to leave the Union was unjustified.

• Lincoln called on the U.S. Supreme Court to make a ruling on the legality of secession.

• Lincoln believed the reasoning to leave the Union was protected by the Constitution.

• Lincoln prepared to amend the Constitution in order to appease the Southern states.

Do you think President Lincoln could've avoided the Civil War

with the South or was it unavoidable? Support your answer.

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