Something along the widely accepted lines of “the British are coming!”
Answer:
Before the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and other leaders of the anti-slavery Republican Party sought not to abolish slavery but merely to stop its extension into new territories and states in the American West. This policy was unacceptable to most Southern politicians, who believed that the growth of free states would turn the U.S. power structure irrevocably against them. In November 1860, Lincoln’s election as president signaled the secession of seven Southern states and the formation of the Confederate States of America. Shortly after his inauguration in 1861, the Civil War began. Four more Southern states joined the Confederacy, while four border slave states in the upper South remained in the Union.
Explanation:
The Battle of Chickamauga is remembered for being both the largest battle ever fought in Georgia and for being one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Option C is correct.
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18 – 20, 1863, between U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, caused the culmination of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia.
It was the first most significant battle of the war fought in Georgia, as well as the major Union defeat in the Western Theater.
