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South Carolina became the first Southern state to declare its secession ; December 20, 1860 .

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Who were the first confederate states to secede from the union?

South Carolina was the first to secede.


Which Southern state was the first to secede in 1860?

South Carolina was the first to secede in 1860


Which state was the first of eleven states to secede from the union?

South Carolina was the first to secede.


What number state did sc secede from the union?

Number One. South Carolina was the first state to secede.


What was the date when 4 states left the union after the attack at fort Sumter?

The four upper south states did not all secede on the same day. The day after the attack on Fort Sumter, April 15, 1861, Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to help "suppress the rebellion", and assigned a quota of part of that 75,000 to each state, including the four states of the upper south. That put those four states to the decision of whether to help make war on their relatives and neighbors in adjoining states, or to throw in with them. Each of the four states had to work its way through whatever political framework had been created for making the decision on whether to secede. Virginia, for instance, had a Convention to decide the issue which had been meeting since February 13, after the seven states which were the first to secede had formed the Confederate States of America on February 4. The Virginia Convention had actually voted against secession on April 4, but then eight days later the attack on Sumter began, and on April 15 came Lincoln's call for troops from Virginia. Since the Virginia Convention was already meeting and able to decide the issue, they were able to vote to secede on April 17. It took North Carolina a month longer, because a statewide referendum had to be organized to let all the eligible voters vote on the issue, so North Carolina did not secede until May 20.

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What was the election that the southern states used to secede?

Secession was their response to Lincoln's win of November 1860 (first win by the Republican party).


What means that a state withdraws from the union like South Carolina tried to do?

Secession. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.


What led to the secession of the first confederate state?

Abraham Lincoln was elected pes. I'm in 6th grade and I know That !! By the way the first state to secede was SC


Why did the southern states secede first?

Because pro-slavery feelings were stronger in the Deep South. In the Upper South, there was less enthusiasm for secession.


What state was the first member the Union to secede?

West Virginia was once part of Virginia. When Virginia declared secession from the United States to become part of the Confederacy, the counties in northwestern Virginia voted to secede from Virginia and remain loyal to the United States. That area of Virginia became West Virginia. West Virginia became the 35th U.S. state on June 20, 1863.


Which six states immediately followed the first state in secession?

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the United States on December 20, 1860. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed seceding in January and February of 1861.


Did floroida get secede to the union?

Florida was one of the first states to secede from the Union.


When did south carolina become the first state to secede from the union?

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.


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.


Was Mississippi the first state to secede?

On January 9, 1861 Mississippi became the second southern state to declare its secession from the United States of America. On February 4, 1861 it joined with six other southern states to form the Confederacy.


Who suggested succession from the union if an agreement on slavery could not be reached?

The south did not secede because of slavery. The States belong to the people, not the Federal Government. Treason is a defined crime in the Constitution, and the law of the land stopped the day the South seceded. Tenth Amendment allows secession, and the Union was wrong to not to recognize the sovereign nation of the CSA.


Who was the first state to secede?

South carolina