If I am not mistaken I believe it is true.
I compound that student led prayers violate the first amendment because of the following reasons;The constitution guarantees freedoms of worship for everyone. In such prayers, not all students subscribe to the student faith. Those students are thus offended, and have their rights limited.
The USA constitution does not establish any religion as the official religion and separates the church and the state. public prayers in public gatherings goes against this spirit as it seeks to establish one religion dominance over the other and over the secularist of the state.
Answer:
The first reason is that most of the South had broken off the rest of the Union, and did not view Abraham Lincoln as a valid authority figure.
The second reason is that slaves were an essential part to the Southern economy due to the many plantations all over the South. It was cheaper to pay a price once and get a slave that did unlimited work than it was to pay someone to do it every single time.