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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.

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Q: Who was elected president of the southern states when they secede?
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What did seven southern states decide to do after Lincoln was elected president?

secede


Who was elected as president of the US that prompted some southern states to secede?

some southern states secede because of preisdent abrahim Lincoln


Why did the federalists threaten to secede?

Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.


Who had been recently elected as president of United States when the southern states seceded?

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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


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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".


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.


Declared that the Southern states did not have a constitutional right to secede?

president lincoln


Who had been recently elected as President of the US whenthe southern states seceded?

who had been recently elected as president of the United States when the southern states seceded


What was an argument of states that wanted to secede?

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