Well slavery was a big part of the southern secession.
election of president Lincoln
separating from the southern states to go on your own.
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.
They saw it as treason.
Jefferson Davis
election of president Lincoln
separating from the southern states to go on your own.
Lincoln's rejection of the Crittenden compromise, because it would have allowed some extension of slavery.
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.
It is secession
They saw it as treason.
They saw it as treason.
Jefferson Davis
The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860. The South knew that he would never allow any new slave-states. So the South would always be out-voted in Congress.
Slavery and the secession of the Southern States
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Many events contributed to several Southern states seceding from the Union in 1860. One important event was the election of Lincoln.