Because the seceded States attacked the Federal garrison of Fort Sumter, thus opening the hostilities against the Union.
in 1861 president Abraham Lincoln, Went to war with the southern states witch had seceded from the union
They seceded from the Union, and the US Civil War, followed.
The southern states seceded due to Lincoln's election. This was done chiefly in attempt to keep slavery. It was also about states rights.
Only the slaves in the southern, seceded states. He needed the support of northern slaveholding states to win the Civil War.
Southern states secede from the union and then the Civil War began.
On March 3, 1861 - the day Lincoln was inaugurated, 7 states seceded from the Union # South Carolina # Mississippi # Florida # Alabama # Georgia # Louisiana # Texas Eleven states in all seceded during the course of the Civil War # Arkansas # Virginia # Tennessee # North Carolina
Within a month South Carolina seceded from the union. Six other states had seceded by March4, when Lincoln took office as President.the civil war beganThe month after Lincoln won the election, South Carolina seceded from the union and a move began to form a new confederation of states. By the time Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861 , seven states had seceded and taken steps to form a new governmentOn April 11 the first battle of the Civil War began.
Southern states seceded from the Union
The Southern States seceded from 1860-1865, during the course of the Civil War.
Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.
Abraham Lincoln placed blame for the Civil War squarely on the seceded Southern States. He viewed the secession as an act of treason, which justified the start of the Civil War.
The Confederate States of America.