Did secession, in your opinion, have little to do with a rational assessment of alternatives?

Explanation:

Remember you are asking for an opinion. Since the constitution was signed, there had been constant debate about the way the south made its living. Rutledge (South Carolina), though I cannot find a reference for this, would not sign the constitution unless the question of slavery was not made an issue.

From then until the civil war began in 1861, many compromises were tried and most failed. Kansas was a particularly bad scene.

I think the south saw its way of life completely threatened by people who could not work out reasonable alternatives. So my opinion is that the statement you make does not reflect everything that was tried.

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.

many women had to remain at home while husbands found work.

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