Referát sa zaoberá postojom Abrahama Lincolna k secesii Južných štátov a jeho reakciou na útok na Fort Sumter, ktorý spustil občiansku vojnu v USA. Lincoln veril, že secesia bola motivovaná snahou udržať otroctvo a považoval Úniu za trvalú dohodu medzi ľuďmi, nie len štátmi.
- Lincoln považoval secesiu za pokus o udržanie otroctva.
- Únia bola pre Lincolna trvalou dohodou medzi ľuďmi.
- Útok na Fort Sumter vyvolal reakciu Lincolna a začiatok vojny.
- Robert E. Lee, pôvodne veliteľ Únie, sa rozhodol pridať k Konfederácii kvôli lojalite k rodnému štátu.
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Lincoln responded to the attack on Fort Sumter by calling on the states to provide 75,000 militiamen for 90 days service. Twice that number volunteered. But the eight slave states still in the Union refused to furnish troops, and four--Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia--seceded.
One individual who felt especially torn by the decision to support the Union or join the Confederacy was Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) of Virginia. Lee was Winfield Scott's choice to serve as field commander of the Union army, but when a state convention voted to secede, he resigned from the U.S. army, announcing to his sister that he could not "raise my hand against my birthplace, home/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: my home">my home, my children. Save in defense of my native state, I hope I may never be called on to draw my sword." After joining the Confederate army, he predicted "that the country will have to pass through a terrible ordeal, a necessary expiation perhaps for national sins."
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Kto bol Robert E. Lee a aké mal rozhodovanie v súvislosti s vojnou?
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