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When President Lincoln was elected president in 1860, much of the south reacted. Even before Lincoln took office, South Carolina called a convention in the south and delegates voted to secede, thus spurring the Civil War that would follow.

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They seceded from the Union. (on December 20, 1860)

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Seceded from the USA

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Why did South Carolina wanted to secede after the election of 1860?

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South Carolina seceded from the Union in late 1860 in reaction to the?

...victory of Lincoln in the November 1860 election.


The secession of South Carolina from the Union in 1860 was prompted by?

the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.


When did South Carolina secede?

DecemberDecember 20, 1860 (following the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency).


Which of the following was an immediate response to Lincoln's election in 1860?

South Carolina voted to secede from the Union.


What state first seceded from the Union?

Based on the election of Abraham Lincoln to the US presidency, South Carolina left the Union on December 20, 1860.


Whose election in 1860 pushed South Carolina and 6 others to leave the union?

Abraham Lincoln


What did South Carolina do after Lincoln was elected in 1860?

As a consequence of Lincoln’s election, a special convention of the South Carolina legislature votes to secede from the Union.


What was South Carolina Secedes?

South Carolina voted to secede from the USA in December 1860, because the election had been won by Lincoln on a ticket of no new slave-states, so the South was doomed to be outvoted in Congress. By the time Lincoln was inaugurated in March, six more states had joined South Carolina in the Confederate States of America.


When did the succession of the southern states began?

December 1860, when South Carolina seceded, in reaction to Lincoln's election win.


What action was taken by the southern states as a result of Lincoln's election in 1860?

They seceded from the USA, starting with South Carolina.


What did South Carolina do after Abraham Lincoln was elected?

South Carolina had a long record of not liking Federal interference in their affairs. They were also a strong slave minded state. When the antislavery Republican, Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, South Carolina seceded from the US. This happened on December 20, 1860.