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The first state to secede from the Union was South Carolina, and it did so on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina was the first to secede.
The first Confederate state to secede from the Union was South Carolina. This decision was made on December 20, 1860, following the election of Abraham Lincoln as President. South Carolina's secession was a key event that led to the formation of the Confederate States of America and the outbreak of the Civil War.
South Carolina
South Carolina was the first to secede.
3 months
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
Because the south still wanted slavery/
No. South Carolina seceded on December 20th, 1860, before Lincoln was officially sworn in as President. However, the state did secede as a reaction to Lincoln's election.
Secede from the USA, one by one, starting with South Carolina.
DecemberDecember 20, 1860 (following the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency).
South Carolina voted to secede from the Union.
Tariffs on imports, which the South needed, having so little industry. Later, South Carolina became the first state to secede, following Lincoln's election on a ticket of no new slave-states.
It caused the south to secede in order to keep their slavery alive .
As a consequence of Lincoln’s election, a special convention of the South Carolina legislature votes to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
The first state to secede from the Union was South Carolina, and it did so on December 20, 1860.