He was from the South, and Southerners thought he should support their cause. ... It created a dividing line between free and slave states???
Answer:
Settling the Borderlands As conquistadors explored new territories, they claimed the areas for Spain. By 1600, the Spanish borderlands extended west from Florida across present-day Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. At first, Spain did little to encourage settlement in these far-flung areas.
They supported the union with supplies and ammounation
Francis Wilkinson Pickens was a political Democrat and Governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the U.S.A.
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