Sonia Bartlett

History

9 March, 05:59

After Lincoln's presidential inauguration, Southern states began seceding for all of the following reasons except:

a.

they disagreed with the 36º31' parallel line of slavery

b.

they felt he Constitution had been violated when the Federal Government refused to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.

c.

they believed that states were not given equal rights to make decisions over slavery

d.

they believed that they had entered the Union voluntarily and could leave