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The election of Abraham Lincoln to the US presidency in 1860, caused many Southerners a good deal of stress. Despite Lincoln's promise to leave slavery where it already existed, alone, and despite his promise to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act, many Southerners believed that Lincoln's personal views that slavery was wrong would become a problem. Mississippi seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy.
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What caused the south to secede from the union?
The election of Lincoln as President.
What caused southern Carolina to secede from the union?
The election of Lincoln as President
Was Mississippi was the first state to secede from the Union?
no
What event that finally caused South Carolina to secede from the Union was?
Abraham Lincoln the south seceded from the union because he was elected president.
Was Mississippi the secound state to leave the union?
Yes, Mississippi was the second to secede.
Why did the Southern Land Speculators want to secede from the union?
Which event caused the Southern States to secede from the Union
Who was the second to secede from union?
The Mississippi State on Jan. 9, 1861.
Why did the federalists threaten to secede?
Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.
Why isn't Mississippi Sucedeing from the Union with other southern states?
It did secede. It was one of the original seven.
How did the South finally secede from the union?
When Abraham Lincoln became president
Was the state Jefferson Davis represented a union state or a confederacy state?
Davis represented Mississippi and that was a Confederate state and the second state to secede from the Union.
Who admitted Mississippi into the union?
I believe it was by the president at the time it was admitted into the union.
