Question 4. Cause For Succesion Flashcards
1
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Lincoln was against slavery
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Slavery was how farmers made profits from their farms. Without them their lifestyle was ruined. South Carolina was the first to secede.
2
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State rights would be violated
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They thought Lincoln would break laws to change state laws. While doing that their economy crashed after the republicans abolished slavery
3
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Missouri compromise
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This made it si slavery would be protected beyond that line. They didn’t like this because congress was now making state laws concerning slavery