Election of Abraham Lincoln
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Social Studies
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7th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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8 Slides • 4 Questions
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A Nation Dividing - Part 2
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Lincoln's Election
On April 6, 1860, Abraham won the presidential election without the support of a single Southern state.
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Multiple Choice
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Lincoln's Election
The outcome of the election made it clear that the nation was divided!
Despite Lincoln’s statements that he would do nothing to abolish slavery in the South, Southerners did not trust him.
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Lincoln's Election
Many were sure he and other Northern political leaders would abolish slavery.
As a result, Southerners saw his victory as a threat to the Southern way of life.
By the end of January 1861 the South decided to secede from the United states.
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Texas decision...
Texans also faced the decision of whether to secede. Many Texans urged Governor Sam Houston to call for a convention to discuss the question.
The Texas Secession Convention ordered all state official to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.
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Sam Houston
Governor Sam Houston believed this oath violated the one he had already sworn to uphold the U. S. Constitution.
He refused to take the secession oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. As a result the Convention removed him from the office of governor.
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Multiple Choice
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Lincoln's help
President Lincoln offered to send Union troops to keep Houston in office. However, Houston knew that such and action would lead to violence and he declined the offer.
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Multiple Choice
A Nation Dividing - Part 2
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