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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.
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∙ 11y agoThe south is depressed. We ALL do not like Obama at all. Everyone can not stand him. You may be thinking that that is a crazy answer; however, at least 7 out of 10 people do not like this horrible president. We all want W back.
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∙ 6y agoSlavery 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.
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∙ 6y agoSlavery 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.
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∙ 8y agoAbraham 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.
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∙ 11y agocivil war took place after the election of 1860
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∙ 11y agoMost of the south did not like the election bbecause it had un eraneitly having linclon as the presitendt
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What had the South hoped for in the election of 1864?
They hoped lincoln would not win re-election in 1864, and they would be able to make peace.
How long after Lincoln's election did South Carolina secede from the Union?
3 months
How did the election of Hayes effectively end reconstruction?
federal intervention ended in the south
How did diem take control of south Vietnam?
He declared himself president after a fraudulent election.
What are the three main causes of the civil war?
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)
What what South Carolina as reaction to Lincoln's election as president?
They attacked the Union Fort and left the union.
South Carolina seceded from the Union in late 1860 in reaction to the?
...victory of Lincoln in the November 1860 election.
What was the South's reaction to Abraham Lincoln's election as President in 1860?
They were unhappy, and eventually they followed South Carolina into secession.
When did the succession of the southern states began?
December 1860, when South Carolina seceded, in reaction to Lincoln's election win.
When did the first southern state leave before the civil war?
December 1860. It was South Carolina, and this was its reaction to Lincoln's election win.
How was the fifteeth amendment a reaction by the republican party in the 1868 election?
republican party was eager to protect their power in the north as well as in the south
Did South Carolina secede when Lincoln was president?
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.
What did the election of 1860 signal to the south?
the presidential election signaled that the south was losing its national political clout
When did South Carolina become the first state to secede from the unoin?
December 20th 1860. It was a direct reaction to Lincoln's election win on a ticket of no new slave-states.
What was the southerner's reaction to Lincoln's election?
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."
What happened in the election of 1877?
There was no election that year. The election was in 1876.
Are you required to present identification when voting in an election in South Carolina?
No, you are not required to present identification when voting in an election in South Carolina.
