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President Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery, and slave trade. The Union supported him, but most people in the Confederacy did not. They wanted to keep trading slaves, and using slave labor. This is one reason why the Civil War started, and why Lincoln was assassinated.
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∙ 5y ago
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∙ 8y agoSoutherners were greatly disappointed when Republican Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 US presidential election. Because Southerners knew that he and the Republican Party were against slavery, it caused dislike and concern. Whatever promises that Lincoln made with regards to enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, or his promise to allow slavery where it already existed, Southerners were not convinced. They believed that Lincoln would try to undermine the institution of slavery.
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∙ 12y agoSouth Carolina pretty much hated Abraham Lincoln because the of the fact he opposed slavery.
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Did South Carolina secede when Lincoln was president?
No. South Carolina seceded on December 20th, 1860, before Lincoln was officially sworn in as President. However, the state did secede as a reaction to Lincoln's election.
What did South Carolina do after Lincoln was elected?
They seceded from the nation.
What was South Carolina's response to Abraham Lincoln being president?
South Carolina was so debistated that they seceded from the Union.
What did South Carolina do after Lincoln was elected in 1860?
As a consequence of Lincoln’s election, a special convention of the South Carolina legislature votes to secede from the Union.
Who was the president of the US when the south secede?
When South Carolina seceded, Buchanan was still in the chair, and Lincoln was President-elect.
When did Lincoln declare that there was an insurrection in the south?
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
When did Lincoln declare that was an insurrection in the south?
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
When did Lincoln declare there was an insurrection in the south?
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
Why did Lincoln declared that there was an insurrection in the south?
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
What was Lincoln's immediate reaction to south Carolina's secession?
Lincoln did not have a good reaction when South Carolina left the union. he was angry and upset
What caused South Carolina to secede?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
What did Lincoln's election ultimately force the Southerners states starting with South Carolina to do?
Secede from the USA, one by one, starting with South Carolina.
