Southern fear of losing liberty and power.
Other Southern states followed South Carolina's lead in secession and ultimately this led to the skirmish at Ft. Sumtner and the Civil War.
It is secession
Jefferson Davis
The southern states played a larger role in the Civil War due to their secession from the Union and formation of the Confederate States of America. The northern states ultimately won the war and preserved the Union.
Jefferson Davis
Secession.
Lincoln's Presidency
The term for the southern states leaving the Union during the American Civil War is "secession." This movement began in 1860, following the election of Abraham Lincoln, and led to the formation of the Confederate States of America. Eleven southern states ultimately seceded, which contributed to the conflict between the North and South.
the ultimate reason for their secession from the Union.
Secession is the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union. There were eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860, which led to the Civil War.
The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
Tennessee was the last of the eleven Southern states to declare secession from the Union as a substantial portion of the population were against secession. Tennessee seceded from the United States on June 8, 1861.