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View Poll Results: Who is most responsible for the Civil War?
William Lowndes Yancey- foremost Southern fire-eater; 11 11.70%
John C Calhoun- d. 1850, SC nullifier & Southern rights; 13 13.83%
Jefferson Davis- Calhoun disciple, Confederate president; 6 6.38%
Robert Barnwell Rhett- Charleston Mercury editor, shrill fire-eater; 6 6.38%
James Buchanan- waffling outgoing Democratic president; 12 12.77%
Abraham Lincoln- incoming Republican president; 40 42.55%
Stephen A Douglas- Kansas/Nebraska Act & popular sovereignty; 3 3.19%
John Brown- Pottawatamie Massacre, Harpers Ferry Raid; 20 21.28%
William Lloyd Garrison- The Liberator editor, fierce abolitionist; 6 6.38%
William Henry Seward- irrepresible conflict, Lincoln's secretary of state. 2 2.13%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 94.


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