States in the South seceded from the Union (apex)
South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Georgia.
Lincoln's Presidential Election
The election of Abraham Lincoln
The election of Lincoln as President.
They attacked the Union Fort and left the union.
Lincoln's Presidential Election
There were only four candidates for the 1860 presidential election: Abraham Lincoln -- Republican John C. Breckinridge -- Democratic John Bell -- Constitution Union Stephen A. Douglas -- Democratic
Lincoln winning the 1860 election on a ticket of no new slave-states. It meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress if they stayed in the USA.
John Bell was the nominee of the Constitutional Union Party in the 1860 U.S. presidential election.
It was Stephen Douglas who pleaded with Southern voters to stay with the Union. In the 1860 presidential election, Douglas was the Democratic Party nominee.
The south seceded from the Union.