How did the government of georgia delay the outbreak of the civil war? ss8h5a * a. by accepting the election of president abraham lincoln in 1860 and convincing other southern states to do the same b. by approving the compromise of 1850 through the georgia platform and convincing other southern states to do the same c. by approving the kansas-nebraska act through the georgia platform and convincing other southern states to do the same d. by accepting the supreme court's decision in the dred scott case and convincing other southern states to do the same