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rhirsch · Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Posts: 35

Post a question that asks "why?" or compares two or more events and ideas, or seeks some explanation about an event or idea. ALSO, answer someone else's question - you don't have to be right, just use good thinking and text (if you're the 1st to post, check back so you can have someone else's question to answer).

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Jessica.Santos · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 21

Why did Calhoun turn away from Clay's nationalist program to support southern interests ect.. what made him go against Clay?

mswartz · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 43

On page 288 the textbook states that Kentucky's "state legislature voted to remain neutral. Both the North and South honored that neutrality. Kentucky's own militia, however,split into two factions." Why did Kentucky's militia choose to split into two factions?

zatkinsweltman · Joined: 09 May 2010 Posts: 27

I would think that the military may split because even though the state remains neutral, there will be people remaining loyal to the north and people loyal to the south. Perhaps one faction supported the north and the other the south, but because they balanced out and hoped not to actually have to fight they would be considered neutral. Just a guess.
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zatkinsweltman · Joined: 09 May 2010 Posts: 27

Why did the confederacy accept Richmond as the capital for the confederacy over any other city in the confederacy? It was a new canfederate state, why not just go with a state thats been part of the confederacy longer?

Maddy.King · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 23

Even after seceding from the Union, why did South Caroline find the need to begin the battle at Fort Sumner? Even after getting what they wanted.

malexander · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 20

In the case of Maryland's state elections that Lincoln enforced, was that just a coincidence that the legislature was mostly made up of southern sympathizers?

malexander · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 20

Possibly it may have been something to do with the fact that Virginia in the presidential election's was a supporter of Bell, even if he wasn't what the 'deep south' wanted, he was still in favor of the South and slavery
And also maybe the confederacy thought that making their capital so close to the capital of the Union might be useful.

Jessica.Santos · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 21

to answer Zach's question I think that Richmond probably had a lot more political leaders there already along with the "best town around" type thung. So they decided to choose Richmond as the capital because it would look and function the best than all the other cities.

ohg2012 · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 15

[quote="rhirsch"]Post a question that asks "why?" or compares two or more events and ideas, or seeks some explanation about an event or idea. ALSO, answer someone else's question - you don't have to be right, just use good thinking and text (if you're the 1st to post, check back so you can have someone else's question to answer).[/quote]

Why Northern States let Lincoln to taunt South, even the public doesn't want war? Why the public showed such enthusiastic attitude after the war is declared, as if they wanted it? Why Southern government started the war even they doesn't need it?

lstrickman · Joined: 06 May 2010 Posts: 20

for my question: what did people do after Maryland cut off DC from the north? were they still able to communicate and use it as their capital

also, in response to maddy's question, i think that they they started the battle because they had been put in a situation where they either had to go back to the union without a fight, or start a battle in order to keep the confederacy. Lincoln had basically stated that he wasn't going to let them separate from the union without a fight, so they started a fight.

georgia.indigo · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 15

I think South Carolina still felt the need began the battle at fort sumner because Lincoln said he wouldn't stand for any succession from the Union and he was sending supplies to a Union fort that the Confederacy was against putting them in a sort of loose/loose situation.

my question is if Lincolns address seems reasonable and help promise or was it a war declaration in a way?

mswartz · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 43

The question was, "In the case of Maryland's state elections that Lincoln enforced, was that just a coincidence that the legislature was mostly made up of southern sympathizers?"

No, i don't think it was a coincidence. Maryland was below the Mason-Dixon line. In Maryland only 2 percent of votes were for Abraham Lincoln during the presidential election. Maryland was a southern state, so they favored the south.

SeraphinaPyle · Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 9

At the point of Lincoln's inauguration, just how different were the lifestyles of the people of the North and South?
To answer Georgia: From people's perspective now, it seems totally harmless, however in the south back then the people were so "on edge" that they might've misinterpreted what Lincoln said.

Annie C · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 20

My question is:
Why there were still four slave states remained in the Union( Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri.) ? What's their perspective?

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