You could make a case for either the Election of Abraham Lincoln as President OR the Emancipation of the slaves; but the South saw them as one in the same. Lincoln actually didn't want to free the slaves; he believed that slavery would eventually end naturally and he believed that it should be ended by containing slavery and then just letting it fall apart on itself. The South believed that Lincoln would free the slaves so as soon as he was elected Southern States began to seceed. The funny thing is that it's because of their secession that Lincoln freed the slaves. He was put into a position where he probably just thought "Well, the wars already started...might as well free them now."
The Southern states wanted to keep their slaves, and they were worried that President Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves, so many of the southern states left the union to try and keep their slaves.
separating from the southern states to go on your own.
Well slavery was a big part of the southern secession.
The biggest point of disagreement between the Northern and Southern states after the Civil War was secession. The Southern states did not accept the fact that secession goes against the constitution.
Jefferson Davis
The Southern states wanted to keep their slaves, and they were worried that President Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves, so many of the southern states left the union to try and keep their slaves.
separating from the southern states to go on your own.
Well slavery was a big part of the southern secession.
The biggest point of disagreement between the Northern and Southern states after the Civil War was secession. The Southern states did not accept the fact that secession goes against the constitution.
It is secession
They saw it as treason.
Jefferson Davis
They saw it as treason.
Southern states were worried about Abraham Lincoln's election as president in 1860 because they feared he would restrict the expansion of slavery into new territories and states. Lincoln's platform was seen as a direct threat to the institution of slavery, which was integral to the Southern economy and social order. His election intensified sectional tensions, leading many Southern leaders to believe that their way of life was under attack, ultimately contributing to the secession of several Southern states from the Union.
Jefferson Davis
Slavery and the secession of the Southern States
Southern fear of losing liberty and power.