They decided to settle in Mexico because their god told them to move south, when they got there, all the good land was taken by the other tribes and theirs was filled with snakes.
The southern states reacted negatively to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. They were shocked and protested against Abraham Lincoln's election because they were not in favor of his propaganda to free the slave states (which mostly were in the Southern parts).
The most likely reason that the Confederate army burned Richmond was "<span>c. to make sure Union soldiers could not use Confederate resources," since it was clear that Richmond offered a great number of such resources for the taking. </span>
