As a consequence of Lincoln’s election, a special convention of the South Carolina legislature votes to secede from the Union.
South Carolina threatened to secede in 1833 with the Nullification Act.
South Carolina seceded prior to the start of the American Civil War, but it was the first state to do so.
The state of South Carolina seceded from the USA, followed by six others before Lincoln's inauguration.
The southerners hired a assassin to assassinate president Lincoln.
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As soon as the result was in, South Carolina seceded from the United States.
No. South Carolina seceded on December 20th, 1860, before Lincoln was officially sworn in as President. However, the state did secede as a reaction to Lincoln's election.
Secede from the USA, one by one, starting with South Carolina.
DecemberDecember 20, 1860 (following the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency).
South Carolina voted to secede from the Union.
Four days after Lincoln's election, South Carolina called for a special convention to consider secession.
Tariffs on imports, which the South needed, having so little industry. Later, South Carolina became the first state to secede, following Lincoln's election on a ticket of no new slave-states.
It caused the south to secede in order to keep their slavery alive .
As a consequence of Lincoln’s election, a special convention of the South Carolina legislature votes to secede from the Union.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
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