Because the newly-elected Lincoln would not allow the creation of any new slave-states, so the South would always be outvoted in Congress.
They seceded after the election of 1860 because Lincoln didn't want to make anymore slave states. The south liked slavery and therefore, the south would not have any say in government. :)
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
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election of president Lincoln
Lincoln vowed to outlaw slavery
Abraham Lincoln
The Confederate States of America was the name.
No. Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan won the 1856 presidential election. Buchanan won 19 states including all of the southern states. The southern states seceded after Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election.
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The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
The Southern states seceded from December of 1860 to April of 1861.
The most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860 was that many Southern states seceded from the Union. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States.
They seceded after the election of 1860 because Lincoln didn't want to make anymore slave states. The south liked slavery and therefore, the south would not have any say in government. :)
Lincoln's election would spell an end to slavery, so the southern states refused to add him.
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
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Abraham Lincoln