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.
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.
Several Southern states threatened to secede, or withdraw, from the Union if Lincoln was elected president.
seceded from the union ;)
Lincoln would appoint Republicans to important positions in the South
secede
The southern states.
when Lincoln was elected president
Lincoln was in his house in springfield Illinois when he found out that he was elected president.
Abraham Lincoln was elected as president of the Untied States in 1861. His inauguration was held on March 4, 1861.
who had been recently elected as president of the United States when the southern states seceded
Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.
secede
The southern states.
Abraham Lincoln
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
No. Lincoln was the newly-elected President that the Southern states were rebelling against.
South Carolina
when Lincoln was elected president
Abraham Lincoln
Seceded from the USA
Abraham Lincoln was the president-elect when the Southern states began to secede. Some of them seceded after he was inaugurated as President.
Led by South Carolina, seven Southern states seceded from the union after Lincoln was elected and before he took office.