Slavery IMPROVEMENT The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the US.
The Russian Revolution(1917), and the over throw of the Czar
December 1860, as soon as it heard the result of Lincoln's election as President. Incidentally, it did not just attempt to secede. It did secede, followed by ten more Southern states.
States rights and the fact that Lincoln refused to allow the southern states to leave the union.
The Peace of Augsburg
The election of Lincoln.
Lincoln's Presidential Election
Lincoln's Presidential Election
Secession
Slavery IMPROVEMENT The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the US.
The event was Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina getting fired upon by the Union troops.
The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
His election led to several states seceding from the United States.
The seceding states left the union due to issues over states' rights and slavery. Also, general differences in the people and economy (North was much more industrial than the South) led to the eventual seccesion of the South.
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.
The 11 seceding states that formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. These states seceded from the Union between 1860 and 1861, primarily over issues related to slavery and states' rights. Their secession led to the Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865.
collapse of the Soviet Union