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Description The scenario is below. It is late March, 1861. You are a member of newly inaugurated President Abraham Lincoln's staff. Before your president took office on March 5, much of the Lower South seceded out of fear that a Republican administr
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The 1861 Secession Case Study Background Information After Lincoln's victory in the presidency of the United States, all slave states began considering secession. President James Buchanan was still in office, and Lincoln has just taken over the office. Buchanan has been favorable to south...
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