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Who was president of the united States when the south started to secede?
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe southern states started seceeding after Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. However, James Buchanan was still President at that time. Seven states had seceeded by the time Lincoln took office, and four more seceeded after he took office.
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∙ 12y agoabe lincon
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∙ 12y agoAbraham Lincoln had just been elected when states began to secede.
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∙ 12y agoWhen South Carolina seceded, Buchanan was still in the chair, and Lincoln was President-elect.
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∙ 13y agoThe first seven of them seceded while Buchanan was President and Lincoln was president-elect.
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∙ 15y agoJames Buchanan.
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∙ 13y agoAbraham lincoln
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∙ 11y agolincoln
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Who start the American Civil War?
The American Civil War started after seven states seceded from the United States because of slavery. President Lincoln also had to put the betterment of the nation ahead of the ability of states to secede
What were the states who did not secede from the United States called?
the union or the united states of America
What did southern states do when President Lincoln was elected in 1860?
South Carolina seceded from the USA, followed by six others in the following weeks.
Who is the executive leader of the United States?
The executive leader of the United States is the President.
What is the term meant leaving the union?
When the Confederate States declared themselves an independent contry they withdrew from United States of America, They were no longer 'united'. The union of the states was broken because they were no longer one country. The term for this was secede.
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 start the American Civil War?
The American Civil War started after seven states seceded from the United States because of slavery. President Lincoln also had to put the betterment of the nation ahead of the ability of states to secede
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.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America and give information of what he did?
Jefferson Davis. He unified the southern states into a coalition to secede from the United States of America.
What were the states who did not secede from the United States called?
the union or the united states of America
What caused the first southern state to secede?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in Nov. 1860.
Who decided to secede from the United States?
The confedaracy
Was paul Allen a president?
No, Paul Allen has never been the President of the United States. He started his military career with the United States Army in 1989. He later became the Vice President of the United States.
Do you think states have the right to secede?
No they do not. We are a united nation.
Did the north secede from the south?
The South seceded from the United States.
Who was the bachelor president that did nothing when the south seceded?
James Buchanan was a bachelor while President of the United States, for one term. He was President from 1856-1860. The southern states began to secede from the Union, once President Lincoln had been elected, in 1860, and began serving as President in 1861.
Why is Obama still in office after the states trying to secede?
Obama is still in office because he was elected by a majority of the American people. Even though there are petitions from thirty states to secede, the largest amount of signatures is 40,000 from Texas. At this time, there is simply no reason for The President of the United States to be removed from office.
