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Q: What event and which amendment outlawed slavery in this country?
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What event triggered the fighting between the north and the south?

The event that triggered the fighting between the north and south was when Jefferson Davis ordered that Fort Sumpter be attacked. This started the American Civil War. States rights and slavery were also trigger points.


Which amendment gives authority to the members of the house to elect one of the top three presidential candidates in the event that no candidate receives a majority vote?

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What led the southern states to secede from the union in 1860 and 1861?

- the worry that the government would abolish slavery. The major event was President Lincolns election. The Southern States believed that once Lincoln was in office, he would end slavery for good.


What amendment separated voting for president and vice president in the electoral college?

The 12th Amendment of the Constitution states that electors are to vote separately for the president and vice president, on separate electoral ballots.Before this amendment the electors cast two votes in one election and the second-place finisher was made vice-president. In 1800 Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, tied in electoral votes, sending the election into the House of Representatives to decide and this event prompted the introduction and ratification of the 12th amendment in time for the 1804 election.The 12th amendment does this. .Before this amendment, ratified in the early 1800s, the person with the most votes became president and the person with the next greatest number of votes became vice president.


What event in 1861 led to the immediate secession of serval southern states from the union?

Lincoln's rejection of the Crittenden compromise, because it would have allowed some extension of slavery.