In the election of 1860:. a. the Republicans called for a suspension of plans for a transcontinental railroad
b. Stephen Douglas received a larger popular vote than abraham lincoln
c. john bell and j. c. breckinridge, taken together, bested lincoln in the popular vote
d. the republicans won a narrow majority in congress
e. white southerners concluded their position in the union was hopeless
In the emancipation proclamation, President Abraham lincoln declared freedom for slaves:.
a. in the parts of the confederacy already under union control
b. in the slave states that had remained loyal to the union
c. that joined military
d. throughout all states that existed as part of the united states prior to the civil war
e. in the parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion

1st: i would say it is E. after Lincoln won the election the south felt unrepresented and in 1961 the civil war started

2nd: I would say D. the emancipation proclamation made slavery illegal across the land and "D" best describes the proclamation

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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i also think it is c