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but one man won't make or break America.
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Depends on the man and the situation surrounding him.
The Confederacy decided to break away because Lincoln was elected President. They didn't even wait for him to get into office. They believed he would end their institution of slavery against their rights as State governements to hold that sort of power. In truth, Lincoln said that he would be anything to perserve the Union. If that meant freeing all the slaves, he would do it, but if that meant freeing none of the slaves, or even some slaves would go free while others remained slaves...he would do that too. Anything to keep the country whole. They didn't even give him the chance to make that choice.