The secessionist leadership of South Carolina had been angry at Washington DC since the Tariff problems that US President Jackson had to solve. As everyone was aware that the fairly new Republican Party was created to stop slavery, the election of Republican Lincoln was the last straw as far as South Carolina was concerned. They seceded from the Union in December of 1860.
The secession of South Carolina from the Union was based on the failure to resolve important issues to this State. Slavery, economic competition, and the divisive tariff issue.
South Carolina considered the presence of "foreign troops " meaning the US Army, on its soil as an affront that had to be dealt with.
South Carolina left the Union in December of 1860. The reason was "foreign troops" on its soil.
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The secession of South Carolina from the Union
The election of Lincoln as president.
Lincoln's Presidency
the election of Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln's election to the Presidency - they knew that he would never allow any new slave-states, so they were always going to be out-voted in Congress.
The election of Lincoln as the first Republican president, after the Democratic Party had split into two factions. Lincoln had been elected because he was moderate on the slavery issue.
The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
The secession of the Western Counties of Virginia from the Confederate State of Virginia.
Lincoln's election - followed immediately by the secession of South Carolina, and then Lincoln's rejection of the final attempted compromise, because it would have allowed some extension of slavery.
The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860.
election of president Lincoln
Lincoln's winning the 1860 election on behalf of the Republican Party.