What led the southern states to secede from the union in 1860 and 1861?

Answer 1

- 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.

Answer 2

Because the Union had been ignoring their rights and Abraham Lincoln planned to ignore them even more so the southern states finally had had enough and did not want to have any part in a country with such a big government and so few states rights.

Answer 3

The election of Abraham Lincoln as president.

This is because, Abraham Lincoln wanted to stop slavery in the South. The South felt threatened and they seceeded (or broke away).

Answer 4

The southern states seceded from the union because their ideologies differed. The southern states wanted to continue slavery while the northern states did not.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The event that caused the southern states to start seceding from the Union in 1860 was the abolishment of slavery. This led to the Civil War. Eventually, slavery was abolished.