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Four days after Lincoln's election, South Carolina called for a special convention to consider secession.
Lincoln's Democratic opponent in the election of 1864 was General George McClellan.
He represented this new party, the Republicans, who were identified as a Northern party, opposed to the extension of slavery.
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the compromise of 1850
November 6, 1860.
The main reason that Southerners opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln was his opposition to the expansion of slavery.
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Many southerners believe that the the south no longer had a voice in national government. Also that the President and Congress were now set against their interests, especially slavery. Even before the election, South Carolina's governor had written to other southern governors. If Lincoln won, he wrote, it would be their duty to leave the Union.
They depended on goods from Europe.
As soon as the result was in, South Carolina seceded from the United States.
take away slavery
Four days after Lincoln's election, South Carolina called for a special convention to consider secession.