There were several factors, the main one being slavery. Abraham Lincoln was recently elected president, and South Carolina (a slave state) believed him to be an abolitionist (someone who wants to eliminate slavery). Their agrarian economy heavily relied on slave labor, so they believed the North would eventually economically dominate the South with Lincoln as president. So they seceded, and the rest of the South followed suit.
South Carolina did not rejoin the Union until after the Civil War. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in 1860 and it was the capitol of the Confederacy. At the same time the ports were also being used by the North to supply troops gearing up in the South. South Carolina also became a state where the slaves could join the Union Army.
South Carolina seceded from the Union for several reasons.
The main factor was states' rights. Slavery was only a helping factor.
South Carolina seceded from the Union on Dec. 20, 1860.
They broke away from the union because they thought the government was not being fair about slavery.
to break its contracts with the federal government.
The election of Lincoln as President.
South Carolina
As a consequence of Lincoln’s election, a special convention of the South Carolina legislature votes to secede from the Union.
On Apr.20,1861, North Carolina seceded from the Union.
South Carolina seceded because they believed that the institution of slavery was in peril. I believe the Civil War was about states rights - that is, the states rights to maintain slavery. South Carolina was complaining about the northern states violating the Constitution by not enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act. The union felt that South Carolina was independent and did not want slavery so now they are in war.
South Carolina seceded prior to the start of the American Civil War, but it was the first state to do so.
One month after South Carolina seceded from the union TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, and FL seceded.
Only one state seceded in 1860, South Carolina.
South Carolina
South Carolina seceded from the Union before the Civil War.
South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860, becoming the first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina was so debistated that they seceded from the Union.
In 1860 South Carolina seceded from the union
Based on the election of Abraham Lincoln to the US presidency, South Carolina left the Union on December 20, 1860.
At the start of the U.S. Civil War, South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina
As a consequence of Lincoln’s election, a special convention of the South Carolina legislature votes to secede from the Union.
Abraham Lincoln the south seceded from the union because he was elected president.