It was mainly the election of Abraham Lincoln.
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.
States rights and the fact that Lincoln refused to allow the southern states to leave the union.
The Peace of Augsburg
Mason Dixon Line
The election of Lincoln.
It was mainly the election of Abraham Lincoln.
The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
The Confederacy's capture of Fort Sumter
Lincoln's Presidential Election
His election led to several states seceding from the United States.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860, who was seen as anti-slavery, led to the Southern states seceding from the Union. They feared that his presidency would threaten their way of life, particularly regarding slavery.
Lincoln's Presidential Election
The event was Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina getting fired upon by the Union troops.
The Confederacy's capture of Fort Sumter led to the Naval blockade.
Secession
- the worry that the government would abolish slavery. The major event was President Lincolns election. The Southern States believed that once Lincoln was in office, he would end slavery for good.