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They withdrew to demonstrate their disagreement with the North over slavery and to create the Confederacy.If your from connexus: they feared they would have little say in the government.

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Because Lincoln had won the election, on a promise of no new slave-states. So the South would always be outvoted in Congress.

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Q: Why did the southern states decided to secede from the union after the election of 1860?
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What did Lincoln27s election to the presidency help motivate the Southern states to do?

secede


What was an argument of states that wanted to secede?

The president received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election.


What was an argument of the states that wanted to secede?

The President received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election


What was an argument of states wanted to secede?

The President received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election


What was the argument of the states that wanted to secede?

The president recieved no electrocal vote from Southern states in the election


What did the southern states want to do when they decided to secede?

they wanted to become there own country.


What was an argument that wanted to secede?

The President received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election


What was a argument of states that wanted to secede?

The president received no electoral votes from southern states before the election


What was the last straw before southern states decided to secede?

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Whose election to the presidency in 1860 led to seven southern states to secede from the union?

Abraham Lincoln


Why did the southern states believe states believe they had the right to secede from the union?

They believed that their rights, society and economy was endangered by Lincoln's election. They saw the only way to preserve themselves was to secede.


Who was elected president of the southern states when they secede?

Abraham Lincoln was president when the first states began seceding. Lincoln's election was basically the final straw that made the states want to secede.