These were the events that fatally heated-up the slavery debate.
The Scott decision (the Supreme Court ruling that slavery was protected by the Constitution) delighted the South as much as it inflamed the Abolitionists.
Harpers Ferry convinced the South that the Abolitionists were planning to distribute arms to the slaves to provoke a nationwide rebellion.
Lincoln's election meant that there would be no more slave-states, so the South would always be out-voted in Congress, which would pass laws unfavourable to Southern interests.
There was going to be war.
election of president Lincoln
the election of Abraham Lincoln.
They were unhappy, and eventually they followed South Carolina into secession.
The election of Lincoln as the first Republican president, after the Democratic Party had split into two factions. Lincoln had been elected because he was moderate on the slavery issue.
Four days after Lincoln's election, South Carolina called for a special convention to consider secession.
The election of Lincoln as president.
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
Lincoln's election as president
The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
election of president Lincoln
Because he ran for President on a platform denouncing disunion and calling for an end to slavery in the territories.
the question is the answer
The issues that led to the secession had been festering for a long time, but it was the election of Abraham Lincoln that precipitated the secession.
Many events contributed to several Southern states seceding from the Union in 1860. One important event was the election of Lincoln.
He decided not to run for re-election because he said he wanted to only work at getting the troops out of Vietnam
The election of 1860. Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The south believed that he was going to abolish slavery. The south then began seceding from the union.
Slavery and the election of Abraham Lincoln