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- Lincoln Elected
- Come vote!
- The South Secedes
- You're probably going to take all of my slaves away!
- Attempt at Compromise
- Absolutely not! That goes against why people want me in white house!
- Lincoln got elected U.S. preseident by winning 180 out of 303 electoral votes.
- The Confederacy
- This Constitution is taking everything away from us. Let's leave!
- People in the South did not trust President Lincoln's and the Republican's promise to leave slavery alone where it already existed.
- Reactions to Secession
- Yay! Secession!
- Desperate to find a solution, Senator John Crittenden of Kentucky proposed the idea of the 36(degree)30'N latitude line. President Lincoln and the Republicans found this unacceptable because they had promised no further extension of slavery.
- Presidential Responses
- Southerners were unhappy with how things were going and viewed the Constitutution as a contract among the independent states.
- Southerners welcomed and encouraged secession. Southerners celebrated this idea while others might not have been so happy about it.
- President Lincoln had a tough job nut handled the situation well. Lincoln made it peacefully clear that secession would not be allowed and he also asked the people of the South for reconciliation.
- Please just consider reconciling!
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