Lincoln's victory convlinced southerners- who had viewed the struggle over slavery partly as aconflict between the state's right of self-determination and federal government control-tha they had lost their politica in the national government
Four days after Lincoln's election, South Carolina called for a special convention to consider secession.
He represented this new party, the Republicans, who were identified as a Northern party, opposed to the extension of slavery.
Those were all in the Deep South. They were as follows: South Carolina Florida Georgia Texas Mississippi Alabama Louisiana The other four were: Arkansas Tenessee Kentucky Virginia
because they thought that he was going to keep slavery
Lincoln's Democratic opponent in the election of 1864 was General George McClellan.
As soon as the result was in, South Carolina seceded from the United States.
Four days after Lincoln's election, South Carolina called for a special convention to consider secession.
One by one, the seceded from the union and formed the Confederate States on America.
The state of South Carolina seceded from the USA, followed by six others before Lincoln's inauguration.
Lincoln's major objective was to preserve the union, which was threatened after South Carolina seceded from the union.
because it did.
He represented this new party, the Republicans, who were identified as a Northern party, opposed to the extension of slavery.
Nobody really welcomed the civil war... There were things that led up to it like the slavery issue and Lincolns election. The main thing was Lincolns electoin because states in the south started to secced from the union.
November 6, 1860.
The disaffected southern states began talking about succession, and South Carolina seceded in December, a mere month after Lincoln's election, before he was even inaugurated.
Those were all in the Deep South. They were as follows: South Carolina Florida Georgia Texas Mississippi Alabama Louisiana The other four were: Arkansas Tenessee Kentucky Virginia
It made victory for the Republican party inevitable.