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What was the immediate cause of the South's secession from the US?
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∙ 9y ago
The most immediate cause of the South's secession from the union was the election of Lincoln during the 1860 election. The South did not support Lincoln at all (in some southern states, his name didn't even appear on the ballot) and when he won the election they felt unrepresented by the government. South Carolina was the first to go.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe primary cause for the secession of the Southern States was the election of Abraham Lincoln. Despite some answers that indicate that Lincoln would not have allowed any more new States to become slave states, this is not true. Slavery was a legal institution according to the US Supreme Court. What Lincoln hoped for was that when new States entered the Union, their citizens would have voted to have the new State to forbid slavery. At that time, a US territory, before becoming a State would have held a vote as to whether slavery would be allowed in the new State. In conclusion, at the time Lincoln was elected, only the States had the authority to be slave or free States.
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∙ 12y agoThe election of Lincoln, who refused to allow any new slave-states. This meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress, which would pass laws favourable to Northern interests.
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∙ 9y agoThe immediate cause of secession was the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency, and fear of what that would mean for the South.
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Stoppages of trade by the embargoes and the War of 1812
What was the immediate cause of the Korean War?
North Korea, led by a communist government, invaded south Korea. This was the immediate cause. It was seen as a communist attempt to Overtake an Allie of the US and therefore, caused the US to intervene. As well as 15 other nations which were part of the United Nations.
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Indeed. However, it is not called 'secession' but "Mexican Cession".
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yes, true
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Several states seceded when they learned that Lincoln has been elected president.
The Mexican secession refers to the territory acquired by the US at the end of the war with Mexico this is the southwest US?
True.
