How did most Southerners react to the election of Lincoln in 1860

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Aliza Massey

25 August, 13:52

How did most Southerners react to the election of Lincoln in 1860

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Viviana Ortega · Answer 1

The Southerners wanted the southern states to secede from the Union because they believed Abraham Lincoln will end slavery for the South since he was a abolitionist.

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They started discussing seceding the nation. This led to the confederate states being formally established and eventually the civil war.