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Lincoln's winning the 1860 election on behalf of the Republican Party.
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.
Southern states claimed that their right to own slaves was being threatened by the federal government, particularly with the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. They believed secession was necessary to preserve their economic and social system based on slavery.
They seceded after the election of 1860 because Lincoln didn't want to make anymore slave states. The south liked slavery and therefore, the south would not have any say in government. :)
The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
election of president Lincoln
because 11 southern states declared their secession from the U.S. and formed the Confederacy
Secession was their response to Lincoln's win of November 1860 (first win by the Republican party).
Lincoln's winning the 1860 election on behalf of the Republican Party.
Many events contributed to several Southern states seceding from the Union in 1860. One important event was the election of Lincoln.
35 Abraham Lincoln was elected as US President, for the first time on November 6, 1860. On this date, none of the Southern States had seceded from the Union, and there were 35 states, in the US. The following month, South Carolina declared its secession on December 20, 1860. By the time Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, 7 Southern States had declared secession from the Union.
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.
The secession was sparked by the election of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 elections and the victory of the Republican Party.
Abraham Lincoln
Secession of South Carolina. New compromise rejected by Lincoln. Six more states join the Confederacy.
Southern states claimed that their right to own slaves was being threatened by the federal government, particularly with the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. They believed secession was necessary to preserve their economic and social system based on slavery.