The president can provide a check on Congress's power to create legislation by? a declaring a proposed law unconstitutional
b. overriding a veto
c. refusing to fund a bill
d vetoing a bill

South carolina was so angry about the election of lincoln that they seceded from the union on december 20, 1860. they attacked fort sumter later, on april 12, 1861.

The statistics for the eastern war are grim. more than three-million men died in the fighting, more than nine-million men were wounded, and every major country which participated lost its form of government.