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∙ 8y agoSouth Carolina seceded from the Union because of the election of Abraham Lincoln. They did not want to lose the institution of slavery.
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∙ 6y agoSouth Carolina felt that with Abraham Lincoln winning the election, "increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the Institution of Slavery".
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∙ 6y agoThe election of Abraham Lincoln
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How did Lincoln's election affect South Carolina and other slave states?
It caused the south to secede in order to keep their slavery alive .
What event that finally caused South Carolina to secede from the Union was?
Abraham Lincoln the south seceded from the union because he was elected president.
What was the state of secede?
South Carolina
What month and year did the first southern state secede?
The first state to secede from the Union was South Carolina, and it did so on December 20, 1860.
What date did South Carolina voted to secede from the union?
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860
What did South Carolina secede from?
South Carolina seceeded from the United States of America
Which state started a crisis for the union in 1833 when it threatened to secede?
South Carolina threatened to secede in 1833 with the Nullification Act.
Who were the first confederate states to secede from the union?
South Carolina was the first to secede.
Who was the first state to secede?
South carolina
Which state threatened to secede from the union in 1832?
South Carolina
At the start of the civil war what was the first state to secede from the union?
South Carolina seceded prior to the start of the American Civil War, but it was the first state to do so.
Which Southern state was the first to secede in 1860?
South Carolina was the first to secede in 1860
