What was the impact of Abraham Lincoln's election as president?

Answer 1

South Carolina ceded from the union and confederate troops attacked Ft. Sumter in Charleston harbor on April 12, 1861.

Answer 2

Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. Abraham Lincoln did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency. The Civil War began with the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. After the Civil War began in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy.

Answer 3

Southerners, who were proslavery, feared that the abolitionists were coming into power and thus tried to break free from the United States, and form what they called the "Confederates." The northern antislavery part of the country then formed the "Union." A civil war erupted and the Union prevailed.

Answer 4

Several Southern States seceded from the

Union.

Answer 5

Southerners feared a change in the balance of power in government.

Answer 6

Many Southern states decided to leave the Union after the election.

Answer 7

The secession of South Carolina