They succeeded in protest of the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 because he was an abolitionist (anti-slavery) and they where afraid he would abolish (get ride of) slavery in all states. A: Lincoln was not an abolitionist he just wanted to preserve the union.
Actually in 1860-1861 eleven Southern states joined the Confederacy.
seceded from the union
Eleven
Eleven
Eleven
it leaves the union
to retain there independance
Yes.
Southern states seceded from the Union
They were called the Confederation.
they seceded from the union
The Confederate States of America was formed in February 1861 by seven states which had seceded from the Union.
Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.