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Compare and Contrast the views of southerners and President Lincoln on the issues of state sovereignty and the right to secede from the union..

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Southerners believed in state sovereignty and the right to secede from the union, while President Lincoln believed that the union was eternal and no state had the right to secede from it.

  • Q:What were the views of southerners on state sovereignty and right to secede from the union? A:Southerners believed in state sovereignty and the right to secede from the union, considering it a constitutional right.
  • Q:What were President Lincoln's views on state sovereignty and right to secede from the union?A:President Lincoln believed that the union was eternal and that no state had the right to secede from it.