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The issues that led to the secession had been festering for a long time, but it was the election of Abraham Lincoln that precipitated the secession.
As illegal and a violation of the US Constitution.
Slavery and the secession of the Southern States
President Jefferson Davis.
Slavery and the election of Abraham Lincoln
the election of Abraham Lincoln.
After being elected as the 16th President of the United States in 1860, Abraham Lincoln's second major action was to address the secession of Southern states. Following South Carolina's secession in December 1860, Lincoln sought to preserve the Union, leading to the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861. He then focused on military strategies and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which declared the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate-held territory.
Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving an official holiday.
Abraham Lincoln
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
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Abraham Lincoln faced the secession crisis that erupted into the Civil War.