Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Following Lincoln's election, 11 states declared secession from the Union. They formed the Confederate States of America. The Civil War began in April, 1860.
Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. Abraham Lincoln did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency. The Civil War began with the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. After the Civil War began in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy.
Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. Abraham Lincoln did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency. The Civil War began with the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. After the Civil War began in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in November, 1860. A month later, before Lincoln took office, S. Carolina seceded from the union. Six more states soon joined S. Carolina, Lincoln took office and the Civil War began at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Four more state seceded and the war was on in earnest.
They hoped lincoln would not win re-election in 1864, and they would be able to make peace.
federal intervention ended in the south
3 months
He declared himself president after a fraudulent election.
Slavery (The North hated it, The South depended on it), Abraham Lincoln's election (The South did not give him one vote, yet he still won), and the abolitionist movement starting to turn violent (Bloody Kansas)
They attacked the Union Fort and left the union.
...victory of Lincoln in the November 1860 election.
They were unhappy, and eventually they followed South Carolina into secession.
December 1860, when South Carolina seceded, in reaction to Lincoln's election win.
December 1860. It was South Carolina, and this was its reaction to Lincoln's election win.
republican party was eager to protect their power in the north as well as in the south
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.
the presidential election signaled that the south was losing its national political clout
December 20th 1860. It was a direct reaction to Lincoln's election win on a ticket of no new slave-states.
Since President Lincoln was elected and promised that he would abolish slavery, the South became angry at him. So, the South divided themselves into serperate states by secceding and becoming "slave states."
There was no election that year. The election was in 1876.
No, you are not required to present identification when voting in an election in South Carolina.