Question

Southern states in 1860 feared the power of a republican president to:

Answer 1

appoint officials that would organize small farmers in the south.

Answer 2

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the election for the presidency because of this southern states in 1860 feared the power of a Republican president to abolish slavery and that Southern state won’t have any say to the government. Southern states aim to have the same quantity of slave to those of the independent states.