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. :)
December 1860, when South Carolina seceded, in reaction to Lincoln's election win.
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
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election of president Lincoln
After Presidential Election of November 6, 1860, the following Southern States seceded from the Union, on the following dates: South Carolina, December 20, 1860. Mississippi on January 9, 1861 Florida on January 10, 1861 Alabama on January 11, 1861 Georgia on January 19, 1861 Louisiana on January 26, 1861 Texas on February 1, 1861 After President Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, the following remaining Southern States seceded from the Union, on the following dates: Virginia on April 17, 1861 Arkansas on May 6,1861 North Carolina on May 20, 1861 Tennessee on June 11, 1861
The Southern states seceded from December of 1860 to April of 1861.
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.
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.
December 1860, when South Carolina seceded, in reaction to Lincoln's election win.
They seceded from the USA, starting with South Carolina.
Florida and South Carolina were the only Southern states to secede in 1860. The other 9 seceded in 1861.
General Election of 1860, won by Lincoln. (First win by the Republican Party).
The Southern States seceded from 1860-1865, during the course of the Civil War.
States in the South seceded from the Union (apex)
They succeeded in protest of the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 because he was an abolitionist (anti-slavery) and they where afraid he would abolish (get ride of) slavery in all states. A: Lincoln was not an abolitionist he just wanted to preserve the union. Actually in 1860-1861 eleven Southern states joined the Confederacy.
After Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States 1860, some southern states seceded from the Union. Later, other southern states, including Virginia, seceded to- form the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
Yes, they did. That was the trigger for the Civil War.