What Caused Seven States to Secede from the Union Before

question 23

Multiple Choice

What caused seven states to secede from the Union before any shots had been fired?

• A) the Compromise of 1850
• B) John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
• C) the election of President Lincoln
• D) the Emancipation Proclamation
• E) Lincoln's plans to free the slaves

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