Lincoln's win in 1860 on a ticket of no new slave-states. This meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress.
Well slavery was a big part of the southern secession.
The election of Lincoln, who had refused to allow any extension of slavery.
election of president Lincoln
separating from the southern states to go on your own.
Lincoln's win in 1860 on a ticket of no new slave-states. This meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress.
The biggest point of disagreement between the Northern and Southern states after the Civil War was secession. The Southern states did not accept the fact that secession goes against the constitution.
Lincoln's winning the 1860 election on behalf of the Republican Party.
It is secession
They saw it as treason.
They saw it as treason.
Jefferson Davis
Slavery and the secession of the Southern States