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The most immediate cause of the South's secession from the union was the election of Lincoln during the 1860 election. The South did not support Lincoln at all (in some southern states, his name didn't even appear on the ballot) and when he won the election they felt unrepresented by the government. South Carolina was the first to go.
Yes. North Carolina wasn't the first state to secede but a few states had already done so and it was a state that promoted slavery and Abraham Lincoln opposed of slavery.
southern states to take harsher measures to prevent slave uprisings.
It was more like 2 years. For most of that tme, their cause was virtually lost. After Lincoln won the election of November 1864, it was totally lost.
Because they lost the fight, Lincoln realized he needed a larger army. Thus, he called for 75,000 men to fight. This was problematic because it caused the move of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas to the Confederate States of America.US President Lincoln truly believed the Southern rebellion would be short lived and only asked for the number of troops he thought were needed. Their enlistment was for only three months.It must be noted that Lincoln expected to lose Fort Sumter. The fort was isolated from any close by support.
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
The election of Lincoln, who had refused to allow any extension of slavery.
election of president Lincoln
Many events contributed to several Southern states seceding from the Union in 1860. One important event was the election of Lincoln.
Lincoln's winning the 1860 election on behalf of the Republican Party.
Abraham Lincoln
the election of Abraham Lincoln
The most immediate cause of the South's secession from the union was the election of Lincoln during the 1860 election. The South did not support Lincoln at all (in some southern states, his name didn't even appear on the ballot) and when he won the election they felt unrepresented by the government. South Carolina was the first to go.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860, who was seen as anti-slavery, led to the Southern states seceding from the Union. They feared that his presidency would threaten their way of life, particularly regarding slavery.
He rejected the final compromise because it would have allowed some new slave-states.
Lincoln's win in 1860 on a ticket of no new slave-states. This meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress.