The election of Lincoln in 1860. He would not allow any new slave-states, so the South knew they would always be outvoted in Congress.
The election of Lincoln as the first Republican president, after the Democratic Party had split into two factions. Lincoln had been elected because he was moderate on the slavery issue.
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
Lincoln would appoint republicans to important positions in the south
In reality, neither Abraham Lincoln nor South Carolina was responsible for the Civil War. The conflict had been brewing for decades and it finally reached a flashpoint at that time.
Led by South Carolina, seven Southern states seceded from the union after Lincoln was elected and before he took office.
As a consequence of Lincoln’s election, a special convention of the South Carolina legislature votes to secede from the Union.
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Abraham Lincoln the south seceded from the union because he was elected president.
South Carolina seceded from the USA, and encouraged others to follow.
South Carolina had a long record of not liking Federal interference in their affairs. They were also a strong slave minded state. When the antislavery Republican, Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, South Carolina seceded from the US. This happened on December 20, 1860.
The election of Lincoln in 1860. He would not allow any new slave-states, so the South knew they would always be outvoted in Congress.
December 1860 - after Lincoln had been elected as the first president from the newly-formed Republican party.
Because the newly-elected Lincoln wuld not allow any new slave-states. So the South would always be outvoted in Congress.
When President Lincoln was elected president in 1860, much of the south reacted. Even before Lincoln took office, South Carolina called a convention in the south and delegates voted to secede, thus spurring the Civil War that would follow.
The election of Lincoln as the first Republican president, after the Democratic Party had split into two factions. Lincoln had been elected because he was moderate on the slavery issue.