South Carolina thought the tarrif (taxes) were too high, so they threatened to secede
Leave the Union
they threatened to leave the Union and secede from it
Secede from the USA
Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.
What did the southerners threaten with
Congress continued to raise protective tariffs.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860
per the recent history channel documentary on the presidents which i saw (appropriately) on president's day, he stated that he would hang the governor of south carolina if that state made an attempt to secede from the union...
South Carolina was the first to secede.
1860 ? secede from union
South Carolina was the first to secede.
To secede means to formally withdraw from a political union or organization, particularly a nation. The first state to threaten secession was South Carolina in 1860, in response to the election of Abraham Lincoln, whom they viewed as a threat to the institution of slavery. This action was a precursor to the Civil War, as South Carolina believed that their rights and way of life were under attack.