What was Abraham lincolns response to secession? (help!!!)?
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Hey, I am from the South....and his response was widely known!  It was called The Civil War....the south raised taxes on its goods, ie cotton, tobacco.  Also, he had been misinformed on why the south seceded.
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I would like to tell Lincoln not to deliberately start the civil war by senting a resupply ship to Ft. Sumter, because he knew this would provoke the South to  fire on Ft. Sumter. this would have saved 600,000 lives, then to use his negotiating skills to work out a solution to the problems of the time.The south would be alot better off today, because if you live in the south, black or white ,you have suffered ever since the civil war, the federal government not sending the funds to the southern schools, for example in 1867, two years after the civil war, the state of georgia reciieved like 13000 in federal funds and the state of michigan recieved like 18 million.What the south has today, is what the South has built itself. the federal government did not help rebuild the south like it did Germany and Japan after world war 2. this is why the southern states are like 30 to 40 years behind the their northern counterparts. the south suffered the most damage from the war (Atlanta burned to the ground,etc.) and recieved nothing to help rebuild it. So Black or White , if you live in the south ,you are still paying for that war that happened over 140 years ago.
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This is going to be just a quick summary...\nFor the most part, it was not all about slavery. The states North of the Mason-Dixon line were content with slavery in the South...the problem was the "Westward Expansion." The North wanted the new states to be free from slavery, whereas the South wanted those states to be open to slavery. There were a few compromises made years before the actual war began, however, those obviously did not work. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina announced it's leave from the Union...Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas followed. \nOn February 4th, 1861, the Confederate States of America was formed with Jefferson Davis as the president. A new constitution was drawn up. Key differences were:\n*The president and vice president were elected for six year terms whereas the North had only four years. \n*The protection of slavery in new territories was given. \n*No slave trade with Africa\n*President Davis could take a loan for $15 million for the creation of a military force of 100,000. \nPresident Davis was inaugurated February 18, 1861. \n\nPresident Lincoln for the Union said, "Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face and face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after seperation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends?Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old quesetions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend' it..." (Page 8)\nThe first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12th, 1861 at Ft. Sumter, South Carolina. The fight lasted for thirty-four hours, and ended by the North surrendering. The war continued until April of 1865. \nAfter it was all said and done, most of the South was destroyed and the loss of lives on both ends, are up to this day, only an estimate (over 100,000). It is said, the number of Yanks and Rebels who died are greater than the loss of American lives in both World Wars, the Korean War, and the Vietiman War...all combined.\n\nI hope this has been helpful to you. Here are some other books to check out if you are really interested in the Civil War:\n-"After the Civil War" by John S. Blay\n-"The Life of Johnny Reb" by Bell I. Wiley\n-"The Life of Billy Yank" by Bell I. Wiley\n-"Embattled Courage" by Gerald F. Linderman\n-"The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts" by Burke Davis
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A quick google search provided the following:\n\n1) Wikipedia - pretty good description, background, etc.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation\n\n2) Text of the proclamation\nhttp://www.law.ou.edu/hist/emanc.html\nhttp://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/emancipa.htmhttp://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html\n\n3) Text plus brief analysis\nhttp://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Lincoln/emancipate.html\n\n4) Analysis and timeline\nhttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/almintr.html\n\n5) Images of the actual document\nhttp://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/
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apple : paper :: Abraham Lincoln : ??????
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Tenn was the last state to secede.\nVP for Abe Lincoln was a Tennessee man, Andrew Johnson.\n\nTenn was also the first to rejoin the Union.
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Hey, Barbra_Eden... What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?  I'm still following all the crap you post on here and I still thinks it's all idiotic.\n\nI am a cyber-stalker, it's true...
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Question 1: \ni. a republican form of government \nii. ratify 13th Amendment \niii. entitle blacks to an education\n\nQuestion 2:\nAnalysis\nOn Jan. 1, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declared free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. This Emancipation Proclamation actually freed few people. It did not apply to slaves in border states fighting on the Union side; nor did it affect slaves in southern areas already under Union control. Naturally, the states in rebellion did not act on Lincoln's order. But the proclamation did show Americans-- and the world--that the civil war was now being fought to end slavery. \n\nLincoln had been reluctant to come to this position. A believer in white supremacy, he initially viewed the war only in terms of preserving the Union. As pressure for abolition mounted in Congress and the country, however, Lincoln became more sympathetic to the idea. On Sept. 22, 1862, he issued a preliminary proclamation announcing that emancipation would become effective on Jan. 1, 1863, in those states still in rebellion. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in America--this was achieved by the passage of the 13TH Amendment to the Constitution on Dec. 18, 1865--it did make that accomplishment a basic war goal and a virtual certainty. \n\nQuestion3: no clue, just read this\nIn the Wake of the Reconstruction  \n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\na. Race Policy \ntoleration & moderation: black congressmen and rare public segregation \ntwo factors leading to deterioration: \ni. young blacks retrogressive, behaving like animals \nii. fear of miscegenation \niii. Populists disillusioned by black votes \niv. Northern acquiescence \nv. imperialist adventures: White Men's burden \nvi. social Darwinism; eugenics \nvii. economic depression: scapegoating\nb. Mississippi leading the way to disfranchise blacks (1888) \ni. poll tax \nii. residency requirement \niii. literacy test \niv. conviction \nv. grandfather clause\nc. State (14th Amendment) vs. individuals \nd. Separate but equal: Plessy v. Ferguson (1890); state could pass segregation laws \ne. The Debate between Book T. Washington (1856-1915) and W.E.B. Dubois (1868-1964): The Atlanta Compromise (1895) \nWashington: \ni. political rights and social privileges v. economic advances \nii. "Cast down the bucket where you are.  " \niii. "We have proved our loyalty to you in the past, in nursing your children, watching by the sick bed of your mothers and fathers, and often following them tear-dimmed eyes to their graves, so in the future, in our humble way, we shall stand by you with a devotion that no foreigners can approach, ready to lay down our lives." \niv. "I do not believe that the Negro should cease voting, for a man cannot learn the exercise of self-government by ceasing to vote but I do believe that in his voting he should more and more be influenced by those of intelligence and character who are his next-door neighbor."\nDubois: \ni. political power \nii. civil rights \niii. higher education \niv. "It is utterly impossible, under modern competitve methods, for workingmen amd property owners to defend their rights and exist without the right of suffrage." \nv. "Silent submission to civic inferiority is bound to sap the manhood of any race in the long run."\nf. The Exclusion of Chinese Act (1882) \ni. when did the Chinese come? \nii. Central Pacific, Sierra Nevada (1865); 11,000 Chinese coolies \niii. They did not drink, strike or take a bath everyday \niv. 1,200 died \nv. 1867, 3,000 struck; 8-hour day and equal pay; $2 to $35 a month \nvi. 9/1868, broke through SN \nvii. 1871, 300,000 Chinese; 1877, depression; labor unrest (transparency) \nviii. 1882, Exclusion Act Passed \nviv. 1881, 40,000 entered; 1883, 23 allowed to enter\ng. Indian Removal \ni. The Sand Creek Massacre (1864): J. M. Chiving
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Sounds like homework... \nProbably should do some of you own thinking here... but here are a few ideas to get started with...\n(a) What sort of state were the former Confiderate states in? Had they used their manpower and economic resources to better economies or to fight the war?  What was their infrastructure like? Were there roads, towns, etc. left after Sherman's March to the Sea?  \n(b) What was the South's economic system like? With slaves freed, how was the economy (which required lots of manual labor on large plantations) going to function?  How were the white and black citizens in the south going to live together / work together after one class of people were literally property?\n\n(2) You might find starting information on Johnson's reconstruction plans here:\n(This is wikipedia, so you need better sources, but it's a start)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States.  He led the country during the Civil War and is generally given great credit for preserving the Union. He also signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the rebelling Confederacy, although this was more of a political manuever than anything else.  He was assassinated shortly after the end of the war by an angry Southerner.  \n\nYou can find more information at the link I've provided below.
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It has to be Abraham Lincoln....started the civil war. It was unnecessary and illegal and killed a lot of innocent men and civilians.  Slavery could have been abolished politically.  Abe wanted more. He wanted centralized Government.
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DuBois saw Lincoln as a whole being. He appreciated what he did  with the E.P. of 1863, and I think that he hopes that Lincoln believed what he did was right. He also saw ,what to some of the more refined, aristocratic politicians were Lincoln's less appealing qualities.  Perhaps DuBois found this to be  the basis of Lincoln's understanding for the situation of the slave and the need to rectify the situation .Lincoln also realized that if the country was allowed to be driven apart that the truth in United we stand, divided we fall would become only too real. Washington started it, Lincoln held it together and Churchill saved it. Our country and freedom. And yes I am, as my name would suggest from the South.
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Don't listen to these people...Lincoln was flaming.  We're talking Brokeback gay here.  It's rumored he wrote showtunes while on the toilet and had a beauty salon installed off of the Oval Office.
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Abraham Lincoln \n\n(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery and oversaw the Union war effort during the American Civil War. He selected the generals and approved their strategy; selected senior civilian officials; supervised diplomacy, patronage and party operations; rallied public opinion through messages and speeches such as the Gettysburg Address; and took personal charge of plans for the abolition of slavery and the Reconstruction of the Union. He was assassinated as the war ended.\n\nPresident Lincoln was opposed to what he saw as the Slave Power and staunchly opposed its efforts to expand slavery into federal territories. His victory in the 1860 presidential election was the final straw in the deep South, where seven states seceded, formed the Confederate States of America, and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their boundaries, setting the stage for the American Civil War.\n\nLincoln is often praised for his work as a wartime leader who proved himself at balancing competing considerations and at getting rival groups to work together toward a common goal. Lincoln had to negotiate between Radical and Moderate Republican leaders, who were often far apart on the issues, while attempting to win support from War Democrats and loyalists in the seceding states. He personally directed the war effort, in close cooperation (1864-65) with General Ulysses S. Grant which in spring 1865 led to the surrender of all Confederate armies.\n\nHis leadership qualities were evident in his first diplomatic handling of the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in his defeat of a congressional attempt to reorganize his cabinet in 1862, in his many speeches and writings which helped mobilize and inspire the North, and in his defusing of the peace issue in the 1864 presidential campaign. Copperheads vehemently criticized him for violating the Constitution, overstepping the bounds of executive power, refusing to compromise on slavery, declaring martial law, suspending habeas corpus, ordering the arrest of 18,000 opponents including public officials and newspaper publishers, and killing hundreds of thousands of young men, soldiers in the war. Radical Republicans criticized him for going too slow in the abolition of slavery, and not being ruthless enough toward the conquered South.\n\nLincoln is most famous for his roles in preserving the Union and ending slavery in the United States with the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.\n\nHistorians have argued that Lincoln had a lasting influence on U.S. political and social institutions, importantly setting a precedent for greater centralization of powers in the federal government and the weakening of the powers of the individual state governments.\n\nLincoln spent most of his attention on military matters and politics but with his strong support his administration established the current system of national banks with the National Bank Act. He increased the tariff to raise revenue and encourage factories, imposed the first income tax, issued hundreds of millions of dollars of bonds and Greenbacks, encouraged immigration from Europe, started the transcontinental railroad, set up the Department of Agriculture, encouraged farm ownership with the Homestead Act of 1862, and set up the modern system of state universities with the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. During the war his Treasury department effectively controlled all cotton trade in the occupied South--the most dramatic incursion of federal controls on the economy. During his administration West Virginia and Nevada were admitted as states.\n\nLincoln is always ranked as one of the two or three greatest presidents.
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He worked for the Railroad which was the Haliburton of its time...so did Lincoln, Shereden, and all sorts of people working for the Gov. Build the transcontinental railroad in a northern or southern route? Did that have anything to do with Civil War? And the Illinois Central was the competition with the Mississippi river. Funny how all those guys worked f0r that railroad. Oh after Lincoln was killed and Johnson impeached he had the power to do his evil. Killed the rest of the Indians out west.
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Ok homework question right?????c'mon dont lie.\nOk here it is in a nut shell,\nthe south and north were at odds with each other,some of this was on slavery but most of it was on the economical ideas on where Gov't should place the nations money and interests.\nThe north had more seats in congress at this time(per capita of how many voting persons per state there were living in them)since the north had more voting persons in them they held more congressional seats in the Gov't,while the sourthern part of the United States had fewer people(that could vote)in them giving them less representation in the senate and congress.So the the southerm states came up with an idea of using the number of slaves to get them more house seats but not representing them as a voting population(no rights etc)this was seen as an outrage by the north and the abolisionists in the northern states so the  resentments of north and south increased to a point of attack(Ft.Sumtner) in the south which was the start of the civil war.slavery only became an issue after the fact..but I believe this is what you should be skimming through in your history books and what your teacher is looking for
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Description: In May and June of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. This was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. With the loss of Pemberton’s army and this vital stronghold on the Mississippi, the Confederacy was effectively split in half. Grant's successes in the West boosted his reputation, leading ultimately to his appointment as General-in-Chief of the Union armies. \n\nResult(s): Union victory