Election of 1860

Election of 1860

In 1860, a republican man from Illinois was elected as President. This man was Abraham Lincoln. During the election period, the North had thought of him as a worthy candidate. The South on the other hand, considered him an unworthy opponent and did not place him on the ballot.  It came to the South as a staggering blow when Abraham Lincoln was elected as President to the South. The Confederacy was so disappointed with the results of the election that secession was becoming a common thought to the states of the nation. The South was overwhelmed because they thought that the Union was gaining power and that the divisions of the North and the South were not even. Shortly after Lincoln's election, South Carolina seceded. South Carolina was the first of many secession and Georgia followed shortly after on January 19, 1861.


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