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Answer 1

“[T]he maintenance . . . of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment [alone], is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend. . . .”

—Abraham Lincoln, first inaugural address, March 4, 1861
5. Why did Lincoln refer to the right of each state to control its own affairs in his inaugural address?
A. to assure the North that slavery would be abolished in all states
B. to affirm his belief in popular sovereignty
C. to assure the Confederate States of America that their decision to secede was valid
D. to assure the Southern states that they would make their own decisions about slavery

Answer 2

o assure the Southern states that they would make their own decision about slavery

Answer 3

Thanks, that is what I put but I needed to make sure. :)