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What state in the civil war seceded first?

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The first state to secede from the American Union was South Carolina. Directly as a result of the election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th American president, this southern state seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860.

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During the Civil War which state seceded first?

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 states secede from the civil war?

No states seceded from the Civil War. Seven states had seceded from the USA by the time of Fort Sumter, and four more seceded as a result of it. Later one new state, West Virginia, seceded from Virginia.


When the South Carolina seceded in the civil war it meant that?

...a state had broken away from the USA for the first time, and others might follow.


How did the south states seceded before civil war?

South Carolina seceded from the Union before the Civil War.


Who did Texas favor in the civil war?

Concerning Texas and The US Civil War, Texas joined the Confederacy. The State seceded in February of 1861.


What state was formed prior to the Civil War?

The state of Kansas was formed just prior to the Civil War. The state of Texas also became part of the United States just before the Civil War and then promptly seceded to join the South.


Which present-day state broke away from a slave state and was admitted to the union during the civil war?

West Virginia seceded from Virginia when Virginia seceded from the Union. It was admitted in 1864.


What state entered the Union during the Civil War?

Do you mean who seceded first - from the Union? That was South Carolina. Later one state seceded from the Confederacy, and that was West Virginia.


Who was to blame for the start of the civil war?

The Confederate states seceded from the Union and fired the first shots.


How did southern states respond to the Lincoln's election?

They seceded from the Union, and the US Civil War, followed.


What state was last to secede from the US in the Civil War?

The last state was Tennessee. North Carolina seceded a couple of months before.