Debating Union & Secession

Essential Questions

What were the causes of the Civil War?
Why did Southern states secede?
What arguments did unionists and secessionists put forward? In the north? South? West?
Did any state have a right to leave the Union?
Was Lincoln right to use military force to keep the Union intact?

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