South Carolina
In 1860 South Carolina seceded from the union
South Carolina was the first one that did. That state had always been the one that asserted States' Rights most loudly, and it led the secession. When Sherman had finished with Georgia, he punished South Carolina heavily for starting the war, burning down the capital Columbia.
States joined the Union on a voluntary basis.
Abraham Lincoln the south seceded from the union because he was elected president.
South Carolina threatened to secede in 1833 with the Nullification Act.
South Carolina
South Carolina thought the tarrif (taxes) were too high, so they threatened to secede
South Carolina
Congress continued to raise protective tariffs.
the imiposition of higher tariffs
they threatened to leave the Union and secede from it
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860
South Carolina
the imiposition of higher tariffs
The first state to secede from the Union was South Carolina, and it did so on December 20, 1860.
Congress continued to raise protective tariffs.