Why Did the States of the Confederate States of America

question 72

Multiple Choice

Why did the states of the Confederate States of America secede after Lincoln's election?

• A) Lincoln had promised to abolish slavery immediately after taking office, which greatly angered and scared southerners.
• B) Lincoln was pushing for an invasion of the South in his victory speech, which alerted southerners that the time had come.
• C) The southern secessionists were convinced that Lincoln would move against slavery despite his assurances otherwise.
• D) Throughout the campaign, the southern secessionists had secretly planned to invade the North and impose slavery on the entire Union.
• E) The southern secessionists believed that Jefferson Davis had won the 1860 election but was denied the office through fraud.

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