election of president Lincoln
It is secession
Jefferson Davis
Lincoln's Presidency
Many events contributed to several Southern states seceding from the Union in 1860. One important event was the election of Lincoln.
Jefferson Davis
Secession.
Lincoln's Presidency
Southern fear of losing liberty and power.
Lincoln's rejection of the Crittenden compromise, because it would have allowed some extension of slavery.
the ultimate reason for their secession from the Union.
Secession is the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union. There were eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860, which led to the Civil War.