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Other Southern states followed South Carolina's lead in secession and ultimately this led to the skirmish at Ft. Sumtner and the Civil War.
The election of Lincoln as the first Republican president, after the Democratic Party had split into two factions. Lincoln had been elected because he was moderate on the slavery issue.
the Patriots' decisive victory at Kings Mountain, South Carolina
the Patriots' decisive victory at Kings Mountain, South Carolina
Lincoln's Presidency
Slavery split up the country, and with the North's striving to abolish slavery, many southern states began seceeding, beginning with South Carolina.
the Patriots' decisive victory at Kings Mountain, South Carolina
the Patriots' decisive victory at Kings Mountain, South Carolina
the Patriots' decisive victory at Kings Mountain, South Carolina
the Patriots' decisive victory at Kings Mountain, South Carolina
The event was Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina getting fired upon by the Union troops.
The secessionist leadership of South Carolina had been angry at Washington DC since the Tariff problems that US President Jackson had to solve. As everyone was aware that the fairly new Republican Party was created to stop slavery, the election of Republican Lincoln was the last straw as far as South Carolina was concerned. They seceded from the Union in December of 1860.