How did both the Southern states that seceded and Abraham Lincoln use the Constitution to make their respective arguments for and against secession?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. The Southern states argued that the Constitution did not expressly prohibit secession.
b. They also cited the Tenth Amendment to contend that secession was a right reserved to the state.
c. Lincoln argued that if the Founders had intended states to have the right to secede, then they would have included an explicit provision in the Constitution to that effect.
d. Lincoln emphasized that the Preamble to the Constitution begins with the words “We the People” and not “We the States.”
e. Lincoln also emphasized that the goal of the Constitution was “to form a more perfect Union.”
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A) freed all slaves. B) freed all slaves in states loyal to the Union. C) freed slaves only in areas where the Union had no control. D) was greeted with universal skepticism in the free black community.
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