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Why did the southern states began seceding from the Union?
The immediate trigger was the election of Lincoln as the first president from the newly-formed Republican party, which favoured tariffs on imported goods (which the South needed most), and did not want to allow any more slave-states.
Why did some southern states decided to leave the union?
Abraham Licoln won the election and the Southerns did not like Abraham Lincoln beacause he didn't like slavery and he wante dto end slavery.The southerns needed slave but he felt that it was wrong and unfair.
Election of 1860?
The presidential election this year was one of the most provoked one that we have had so far. The nation is still very shaken up about the slavery divisions. As you know the South and the North had been very interested in slavery. The Southerns were very aggravated. They needed their slaves. he North didn't. This year The Democratic Party has split up among us. Dougless routed for the Northern half of out nation and John C. Breckinridge had routed for the southerners.Lincoln had gained fame in his loss in the run for the Senate. With the Senate split people also broke and split. There were always more voters in the North then the South.
What was the fate of the wade Davis bill?
It was ppocket Vetoed by President Lincoln [;
General Sherman marched his army from Chattanooga toward?
Atlanta. This was not meant to be his objective. Grant had simply told him to destroy the Army of Tennessee, but he had not managed to achieve this. Meanwhile it was election year, and Lincoln needed some victories in a hurry. So Sherman took Atlanta, and the North felt a bit less war-weary.
