The Georgia Platform
The alternative was to let the south secede from the Union or achieve some kind of compromise.
The Southern States did not secede until 1860 due to the work of Henry Clay, "The Great Compromiser". His efforts included things like the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Which event caused the Southern States to secede from the Union
South Carolina was the first to secede in 1860
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South Carolina was voting to secede at the same time that Crittenden was pushing a compromise to settle the slavery question.
Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.
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The Declaration of Independence.
Lincoln's election win in 1860. After that, there was one last attempt at compromise, but Lincoln rejected this because it would have allowed some extension of slavery.
December 1860.