SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Yes
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No
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S borders were split between the United States of America, Confederate States of America, Border States, and Territories. On February 4, 1861, the seven states that had seceded by this point convened and created the Confederate States of America under the leadership of Jefferson Davis.
Detailed explanation-2: -Southern states were concerned that the Republican government would attempt to abolish slavery. The abolition of slavery would devastate the Southern economy and made Southern states fearful that their states’ rights would be violated. The first state to secede from the Union was South Carolina.
Detailed explanation-3: -secession, in U.S. history, the withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. Secession precipitated the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -The secession of South Carolina precipitated the outbreak of the American Civil War in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861.