The Southern states did not want the Republican Abraham Lincoln to be elected into office. Before Lincoln took the presidential seat, seven states in the South had already called delegates to succeed from the Union.
the south did not want lincoln because He wanted to stop the spread of slavery to the west...if lincoln had done that slavery would eventually end, because the fields would dry out and be useless... meaning no cotton and no slavery.
Some of the people of the South were upset with the election of Abraham Lincoln. They thought that Abraham Lincoln in the White House would mean the end to their well being as plantation owners.
Lincoln's election sent shock waves through the south. to many southerners, it seemed that the south no longer had a voice in the national government. they believed that the president and congress were now set against their interests- especially slavery.
How did the south react to Lincoln's election and why
The general reaction in the North was supportive, but many had doubts as to whether Lincoln would actually follow through with his plan.
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The South seceded from the Union.
southern states reacted by seceding.
President Lincoln.
Led by South Carolina, seven Southern states seceded from the union after Lincoln was elected and before he took office.
Lincoln was in his house in springfield Illinois when he found out that he was elected president.
Lincoln would appoint republicans to important positions in the south
1860 was the year that Lincoln was elected president for the first time. He was elected again in 1864.
They seceded from the USA, because they knew that Lincoln would not allow any new slavestates. They began to take steps to secede from the Union.
Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the United States.
in 1890.
When Lincoln was elected president in 1860, his views on slavery were already known and included:
Abraham Lincoln
He was elected as the 16th president of the United States.
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