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They seceded from the nation.
The election of Lincoln in 1860. He would not allow any new slave-states, so the South knew they would always be outvoted in Congress.
The election of Lincoln as the first Republican president, after the Democratic Party had split into two factions. Lincoln had been elected because he was moderate on the slavery issue.
he planned to weaken the south by cutting off supplies
Joseph Cinque