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What was an argument that wanted to secede?
The President received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election
What caused the first southern state to secede?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in Nov. 1860.
Why did the southern states believe states believe they had the right to secede from the union?
They believed that their rights, society and economy was endangered by Lincoln's election. They saw the only way to preserve themselves was to secede.
Whose election to the prediency in 1860 led seven southern states to secede from the union?
Abraham Lincoln - the first Republican president
Why did 11 southern states secede from the United states in 1860's?
Because Lincoln had won the election of 1860 on a ticket of no new slave-states. This meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress.
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