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What was the reaction of the South when Abraham Lincoln was elected President?
Led by South Carolina, seven Southern states seceded from the union after Lincoln was elected and before he took office.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to the?
Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the United States.
Declared that the Southern states did not have a constitutional right to secede?
president lincoln
What stirred discord between the north and south?
The election of 1860, in which the ardent abolitionist Abraham Lincoln was elected enraged the southern states because they feared that Lincoln would abolish slavery.
What did South Carolina do after Abraham Lincoln was elected?
South Carolina had a long record of not liking Federal interference in their affairs. They were also a strong slave minded state. When the antislavery Republican, Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, South Carolina seceded from the US. This happened on December 20, 1860.
Who was elected president in 1860 causing the South to secede?
Lincoln
What event that finally caused South Carolina to secede from the Union was?
Abraham Lincoln the south seceded from the union because he was elected president.
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.
Why did the federalists threaten to secede?
Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.
What did seven southern states decide to do after Lincoln was elected president?
secede
The 1860 presidential candidate whose name did not appear on the ballot in the most southern states was?
Abraham Lincoln. The South said they would secede if Lincoln was elected & they did. The states formed the union, not the other way around. Lincoln was as close to a dictator as the US has ever known. He is not revered or placed upon a pedestal in The South & never will be, nor should he be.
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 several Southern states threaten to do if Lincoln was elected president?
Many southern states such as South Carolina had threatened to, and did, secede from the Union even before Lincoln's presidency. With the northerner Lincoln as president and the north-dominated Congress, other states followed suit.
Who was elected as president of the US that prompted some southern states to secede?
some southern states secede because of preisdent abrahim Lincoln
What prompted south to secede from the union?
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Election of this President pushed the South to secede?
Abraham Lincoln
What caused the south to secede from the union?
The election of Lincoln as President.
