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Who was elected as president of the US that prompted some southern states to secede?
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What did seven southern states decide to do after Lincoln was elected president?
secede
Why did the federalists threaten to secede?
Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.
Was Abraham Lincoln popular in the south?
No. In fact, when he was elected for his first term as US President, his election was one of the main events, which prompted the Southern States to secede and led to the US Civil War.
Who was the us president elected in 1860 that caused the southern states to secede from the us?
Abraham Lincoln
Who had been recently elected as president of United States when the southern states seceded?
Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 and states began to secede.
Why did the southern states secede when they did?
the southern states didn't agree with the unions government when Ab Lincoln was elected president because he didn't like slavery
Who was elected president of the southern states when they secede?
Abraham Lincoln was president when the first states began seceding. Lincoln's election was basically the final straw that made the states want to secede.
Who was elected president when the southern stated seceded?
Abraham Lincoln was the president-elect when the Southern states began to secede. Some of them seceded after he was inaugurated as President.
Who was elected president in 1860 causing the South to secede?
Lincoln
What was the rival nation that was formed by several southern states who voted to secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the US?
The Confederate States of America
Why was Abraham Lincoln president of the north?
Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. When some southern states decided to secede, they elected their own "president" Jefferson Davis. Lincoln remained President of the United States - all the United States - he just wasn't recognized as such by the southern states that seceded. He was not "President of the North".
Declared that the Southern states did not have a constitutional right to secede?
president lincoln
