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The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. When some southern states decided to secede, they elected their own "president" Jefferson Davis. Lincoln remained President of the United States - all the United States - he just wasn't recognized as such by the southern states that seceded. He was not "President of the North".
The election of Lincoln caused the southern states to hold their own independent election. This was done in opposition of Abraham Lincoln being the president of the United States.
No. Lincoln was the newly-elected President that the Southern states were rebelling against.
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President Linclon died. His assassin, John W. Boothe, was killed. His accomplices were captured and hanged, including a woman. Vice President Johnson was sworn in as President but later he was impeached. Many in the Northern states wanted to severly punish the Southern states for the war and for assassinating President Lincoln. When Gen. Grant became President, he pardoned many of the ex-Confederates and peacefully restored the country.
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