The proximate cause was the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860; white Southerners feared, correctly, that Lincoln would work to end slavery in the US. Slavery was the principal cause of the US Civil War; states' rights were a secondary issue.
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860.
Lincoln's election win in 1860 - it meant there would be no new slave states, so if the South did not secede, they would always be outvoted in Congress.
election of president Lincoln
This was the election which set stage for the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was the president-elect from the 1860 election.
The American Civil War
The proximate cause was the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860; white Southerners feared, correctly, that Lincoln would work to end slavery in the US. Slavery was the principal cause of the US Civil War; states' rights were a secondary issue.
Abraham Lincoln
election of 1860
in 1860
Because Lincoln had won the Election of 1860, and they knew that he would not allow any more slave-states.
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
The election of 1860. Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The south believed that he was going to abolish slavery. The south then began seceding from the union.
Not directly, although the election of 1860 was the pivotal first step at resolving the slavery issue. It led to a civil war which in time did resolve the issue by ending slavery.
Not directly, although the election of 1860 was the pivotal first step at resolving the slavery issue. It led to a civil war which in time did resolve the issue by ending slavery.
The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860.