Secession. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.
The secession of South Carolina from the Union
President Buchanan
President Buchanan
Ansewer to CHEIKH CODé GUEYE Declaration of the immediate causes which induce and justify the secession of South Carolina from the federal union.
Other Southern states followed South Carolina's lead in secession and ultimately this led to the skirmish at Ft. Sumtner and the Civil War.
Lincoln's election as president
Proposed a compromise after South Carolina's secession.
South Carolina considered secession from the Union as a solution.
In order of secession; South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama , Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
States joined the Union on a voluntary basis.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.