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South Carolina seceded from the USA, followed by six others in the following weeks.

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They decided to secede from the Union and create the Confederate States of America which was mainly based on civil rights.

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They decided to secede from the Union and form the Confederate States of America (CSA).

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They began to secede, starting with South Carolina. By the time Lincoln was inaugurated, six more had quit.

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They proclaimed the secession from the United States

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The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln?

The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.


What did seven southern states decide to do after Lincoln was elected president?

secede


Who said I hope president Lincoln is not re-elected?

The southern states.


Who was elected as president of the US when the southern states seceded?

Abraham Lincoln


Was Lincoln the northern rebel?

No. Lincoln was the newly-elected President that the Southern states were rebelling against.


How many events led to the secession of southern states?

when Lincoln was elected president


Who had been recently elected as president of United States when the southern states seceded?

Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 and states began to secede.


Why was Abraham Lincoln president of the north?

Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. When some southern states decided to secede, they elected their own "president" Jefferson Davis. Lincoln remained President of the United States - all the United States - he just wasn't recognized as such by the southern states that seceded. He was not "President of the North".


Who was the us president elected in 1860 that caused the southern states to secede from the us?

Abraham Lincoln


Which action did seven southern states take after Lincoln was elected president?

Abolished slavery in MOST nourthern states


Who was elected as president of the US that prompted some southern states to secede?

some southern states secede because of preisdent abrahim Lincoln


Why did the southern states secede when they did?

the southern states didn't agree with the unions government when Ab Lincoln was elected president because he didn't like slavery