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Abraham Lincoln was elected as US President, for the first time on November 6, 1860. On this date, none of the Southern States had seceded from the Union, and there were 35 states, in the US.
The following month, South Carolina declared its secession on December 20, 1860.
By the time Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, 7 Southern States had declared secession from the Union.
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∙ 12y agoLincoln won 21 southern State during the election of 1860.
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∙ 11y ago0 there were no southern states that voted for him
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∙ 12y agoSeven to begin with, and then four more after Lincoln's call for volunteer-troops following the attack on Fort Sumter.
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∙ 11y ago21 southern states
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What did Lincoln27s election to the presidency help motivate the Southern states to do?
secede
What was an argument of states that wanted to secede?
The president received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election.
What was an argument of the states that wanted to secede?
The President received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election
What was the argument of the states that wanted to secede?
The president recieved no electrocal vote from Southern states in the election
What was an argument of states wanted to secede?
The President received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election
What was an argument that wanted to secede?
The President received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election
What was a argument of states that wanted to secede?
The president received no electoral votes from southern states before the election
Whose election to the presidency in 1860 led to seven southern states to secede from the union?
Abraham Lincoln
Why did the southern states believe states believe they had the right to secede from the union?
They believed that their rights, society and economy was endangered by Lincoln's election. They saw the only way to preserve themselves was to secede.
Who was elected president of the southern states when they secede?
Abraham Lincoln was president when the first states began seceding. Lincoln's election was basically the final straw that made the states want to secede.
Southern states began to secede following the election of 1860 because?
Lincoln vowed to outlaw slavery
What caused the first southern state to secede?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in Nov. 1860.
