USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Senate established its so-called Committee of Thirteen as a last-ditch effort to prevent the breakup of the Union on the same day that South Carolina became the first state to vote for secession.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Union of Confederate States is formed. Jefferson Davis is elected its president. Harriet Jacobs’ INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL is the first published autobiography of an African-American woman. The Civil War begins in Charleston, South Carolina.

Detailed explanation-3: -South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860. The victory of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election triggered cries for disunion across the slaveholding South.