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What effect did the election of Abraham Lincoln have on the south?
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It triggered the secession of several southern states, starting with South Carolina.
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Election of this President pushed the South to secede?
Abraham Lincoln
What was Stephen A Douglas region of support?
Being a Democrat, Stephen Douglas was supported by the South in the Election of 1860. He lost the election to Abraham Lincoln.
How many states in the south did Abraham Lincoln win in the election?
He did not win a single electoral vote from any states in the South. He won zero elections in the South.
What was the immediate cause of the South's secession from the US?
The most immediate cause of the South's secession from the union was the election of Lincoln during the 1860 election. The South did not support Lincoln at all (in some southern states, his name didn't even appear on the ballot) and when he won the election they felt unrepresented by the government. South Carolina was the first to go.
How were the Confederate States of America formed?
After Abraham Lincoln was elected, the South was enraged. They thought that Abraham Lincoln would end slavery, something that was heavily done in the South. That is why they formed the Confederate States of America.
What caused South Carolina to secede?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
What prompted south to secede from the union?
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Election of this President pushed the South to secede?
Abraham Lincoln
What happened in the south as a direct result of Abraham Lincoln's election as president of the US?
The south seceded from the Union.
The secession of South Carolina from the Union in 1860 was prompted by?
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
Which candidate in the 1860s election was not on the ballot in most southern states?
Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
When did South Carolina secede?
DecemberDecember 20, 1860 (following the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency).
Why was the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 controversial and what was the effect?
It was controversial because the new Republican Party (of which Lincoln was the first President) was generally favourable to Northern interests. The effect was that South Carolina immediately seceded from the Union, followed by the other Southern states.
Whose election in 1860 pushed South Carolina and 6 others to leave the union?
Abraham Lincoln
What was Stephen A Douglas region of support?
Being a Democrat, Stephen Douglas was supported by the South in the Election of 1860. He lost the election to Abraham Lincoln.
How many states in the south did Abraham Lincoln win in the election?
He did not win a single electoral vote from any states in the South. He won zero elections in the South.
What did the south do when Lincoln won?
The southerners hired a assassin to assassinate president Lincoln.
