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Question
This is a portrait of the 16th president of the United States of America.
why did he declare war on the southern states?
Solution
He declared war on the southern states because these states had left the union i.e., On the issue of secession. According to Lincoln, no state had the right to secede from the Union. Therefore, the confederacy had to be defeated and the Union restored.
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