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After the surrender of Fort Sumter to the Confederates, Abraham Lincoln ordered his troops to return to their northern posts. He also sent ships by sea during the firing on Fort Sumter to be ready for a battle with the South.
Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the "insurrection" immediately after Fort Sumter. A quota of a specific number from each state was requested. This forced the states of the upper south to decide if they would help make war on other southern states, or leave the Union and join the new southern nation. Four states of the upper south did secede in response to Lincoln's call for volunteers: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas. Maryland also tried to secede but failed when Lincoln had Maryland's governor and legislators imprisoned and replaced with Union men, and suspended the right of habeus corpus. Delaware did not try to secede after witnessing what happened to Maryland. Missouri tried to secede but was thwarted by US officers on the scene, assisted by German immigrants formed into loyal militia units. Kentucky, though pro-southern, proclaimed "neutrality".
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Who was president of the US when the first state seceded?
James Buchanan was the current president, the president elect was Abraham Lincoln. Jefferson Davis later became president of the confederacy.
Who was after president Abraham Lincoln?
Andrew Jackson became president after Abe Lincoln.
Who was your first Republican President?
Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican president in 1860.
Was Abraham Lincoln a cobbler?
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer before he became president.
After Lincoln was assassinted who became president?
Answer: Andrew Johnson.
What did the southern states call their own nation when Lincoln became president?
The Confederacy
Who was president of the US when the first state seceded?
James Buchanan was the current president, the president elect was Abraham Lincoln. Jefferson Davis later became president of the confederacy.
Who became president Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln became President Lincoln.
What African American became president of the confederacy?
The only President of the Confederacy was Jefferson Davis who was not an African American
What vice president of Lincoln became president?
Andrew Johnson became the president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Who became the president of confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Jerrerson Davis became the president or the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis became the president of the Confederate States of America in 1861
Who was after president Abraham Lincoln?
Andrew Jackson became president after Abe Lincoln.
Did Lincoln have a vice president that went on to be president?
Hannibal Hamlin did not become a President, but Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's 2nd Vice President, became the President when Lincoln was assassinated.
When he became president of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis believed that?
I HAVE NO IDEA!!!!
What was Abraham Lincoln's profession while he became president?
Lincoln was a successful lawyer in the years just before he became President.
Abraham Lincoln was the president of the confederancy before ha became a presdsident?
No. He was an Illinois lawyer and Congressman. The Confederacy came into being, largely in response to his election as Preident in November 1860.
