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Actually, Lincoln was on the ballot in Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri.

The Northern (free) states comprised 183 electoral votes (60.4%). The Southern (slave) states comprised just 120 electoral votes (39.6%). Lincoln won every free state except New Jersey.

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What caused the first southern state to secede?

The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in Nov. 1860.


Who was president when the first Southern state seceded from he Union?

Abraham Lincoln (Correction) No, it was still Buchanan. South Carolina seceded immediately they heard that Lincoln had won the election. But he was not inaugurated until March.


What was the chief reason for the opposition of the south to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?

The southern states feared the ascension of the Lincoln Administration to office would result in further loss of states' rights, which in turn would eventually result in the abolition of slavery. Lincoln's election as President was the last straw for many southern states, which led to their succession from the Union and the formation of the Confederate States of America.


How the election of 1860 caused the civil war?

Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. Abraham Lincoln did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency. The Civil War began with the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. After the Civil War began in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy.


What did president Lincoln and Johnson have in common?

They had little in common, other than the desire to see the South back in the Union. Johnson was a slave-owning Democrat from a quasi-Southern state. Lincoln was a Midwestern Republican who fought a war to end slavery. The adoption of the "National Union" banner by the Republicans was successful in assuring Lincoln's re-election, but Lincoln's assassination meant a Democrat (Johnson) became President, assuring his failure to enact Lincoln's plans for Reconstruction.

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Whose election promted the secession of 11 pro slavery southern state?

Abraham Lincoln


Why did the southern state respond to the election of 1860 by seceding from the union?

Because not a single Southern state went for Lincoln and he represented a threat to their very nature of life.


What did the election of 1860 tell us about the issue of slavery?

The 1860 presidential election showed the major difference of opinion between the north and the south over the issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. He did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.


What caused the first southern state to secede?

The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in Nov. 1860.


How are New parties eligible to be on the general election ballot?

you have to register and pay the fee to the state election board.


When did the first southern state leave before the civil war?

December 1860. It was South Carolina, and this was its reaction to Lincoln's election win.


Who was president when the southern state secede from the union?

Buchanan. The secession of the first state (South Carolina) was a direct response to Lincoln's election win. But Lincoln was not inaugurated until March 1861.


Why does each state have a different ballot?

Design association AIGA explains "U.S. Election administration is decentralized, and ballot production is managed by election officials at state, county, and local levels," but more importantly "ballots must accommodate national, state, county, and extremely local content."


Who was president when the first Southern state seceded from he Union?

Abraham Lincoln (Correction) No, it was still Buchanan. South Carolina seceded immediately they heard that Lincoln had won the election. But he was not inaugurated until March.


What role did sectionalism play in the Election of 1860?

Prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, the election of 1860 increased sectional tensions in the United States by lifting a pro-union, anti-slavery statesman, Abraham Lincoln, into the presidency. In reaction, Southern states protested in many ways, but in no more dramatic way than, one by one, seceding from the Union.


What was a major issue in the election in 1860?

Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. Abraham Lincoln did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.


How did the control over slavery effect the 1860 election?

Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. Abraham Lincoln did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.