Would the American Civil War have been avoided if Lincoln lost the election in 1860 or change his mind on slavery being abolished?
Also if I went back in time to day Lincoln was assassinated and try convince him not to go to the ford theatre would he believe.
A competent diplomat would have been able to resolve a states rights issue without killing 250,000 Americans and maiming as many more.
No because Lincoln didn't really want to abolish slavery anyway. He wanted to keep the United States together more than worry about slaves. He said himself he is not the friend of blacks.
No
The Civil War was about White Supremacy ;not slavery
No because the civil war happened while slavery was still a thing in the North. It wasn't abolished until after the war.
Lincoln was not an abolitionist and did not, in 1860, advocate the elimination of slavery by federal law or force where it currently existed. He opposed the extension of slavery into the territories.
Southern states wanted to secede - easiest way to avoid the civil war would have been for lincoln to let them
The north abolishes slavery - the south don't - both sides happy - problem solved
(just think if he had done just that
The north would have had the confederates states to the south, not mexico
No illegal immigrants into the north (the Confederacy would have either taken them into slavery or just shot them)
No drug traffic from mexico into the north
Lincoln didn't go to war against slavery. He said so many times.
He changed his mind on secession. Lincoln decided when he became big cheese that no one cud leave his country. Before that he agreed with the authors of constitution that any state cud secede from the union any time.
Changed his mind at what point?
Instead of "What if…" questions, perhaps dealing with reality might benefit you.
- What did you think of the testimony earlier? Did it change your mind? It made me go from full-on supporting Ford to wanting the state of Maryland to investigate. If a crime happened, it was at the state level. I believe Ford's testimony to be credible enough to warrant some kind of investigation.
- Wasn't not being able to testify against his wife the key reason Ford's husband backed her lies? Ford, who didn't tell her best friend who she told everything or her husband while they were dating obviously was a twisted drunken loner full of hate and anger
- Trump mixed up the Star Spangled Banner - written during the War of 1812 - with the Revolutionary War. Anyone remember Obama saying? Henry Ford invented the automobile? Kinda comes with the territory of very long speeches, sweltering conditions and more distractions than most of us would dare tackle.