mar 1, 1861 - Lincoln inaugurated

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in inaugural address:
-promised to safeguard slavery where it existed but vowed to prevent its expansion
-called Union perpetual (secession=illegal)
-intention to “hold, occupy, and possess” federal property in the seceded states and “to collect duties and imposts”
-use force if needed (like Democrat Andrew Jackson in nullification crisis)
-gave choice of returning or warring to the South

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