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Many southern states such as South Carolina had threatened to, and did, secede from the Union even before Lincoln's presidency. With the northerner Lincoln as president and the north-dominated Congress, other states followed suit.

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They decided to secede from the United States, as follows:

South Carolina on Dec. 20, 1860.

Mississippi on Jan. 9, 1861.

Florida on Jan. 10 1861.

Alabama on Jan. 11, 1861.

Georgia on Jan. 19, 1861.

Louisiana on Jan. 1861.

Texas on Feb. 1 1861.

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Several Southern states threatened to secede, or withdraw, from the Union if Lincoln was elected president.

seceded from the union ;)

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Lincoln would appoint Republicans to important positions in the South

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Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.


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