South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina was the first Southern state to secede, on December 20, 1860. (see related question)
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A State is said to secede [pronounced si-seed] from the Union. The term can be used for the act of leaving any federated organization, alliance, or political organzation.
the right to secede from the union
In 1860 South Carolina seceded from the union
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina was the first Southern state to secede, on December 20, 1860. (see related question)
December 1860. It was South Carolina.
Based on the election of Abraham Lincoln to the US presidency, South Carolina left the Union on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina.
Abraham Lincoln
South Carolina seceded from the United States on December 20, 1860. It also established its own military force. The secession was due to the presidential elections of November, 1860. Republican Abraham Lincoln won the election. He was personally opposed to slavery but promised to abide to the rulings of the US Supreme Court which had ruled in 1859 that slavery was legal.
LIncoln's first goal was to preserve the union of the United States. He did not accept the right of any state to secede from the union.
Secede is to withdraw. In this word, it is applied to a political or social union that one country or state wishes to quit.The southern US stated voted to secede from the union just before the Civil War. The ten lost tribes decided to secede from the kingdom of Israel after King Solomon died.
South Carolina on April 12, 1861 they attacked Ft. Sumter in Charleston harbor that was a union site. The southern states thought that Lincoln would declare slavery illegal and they felt they had the right to decide the issue for themselves. It was a States rights issue.