When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina

waited to see how other southern states would act.

were very upset because they would have to secede from the Union.

vowed to give their loyalty to Stephen Douglas.

rejoiced because Lincoln's election as president provided secessionist South Carolinians with the political pretext to vote in the state legislature in favor of secession.

The answer is rejoiced because Lincoln's election as president provided secessionist South Carolinians with the political pretext to vote in the state legislature in favor of secession.

Explanation:

South Carolina was the first state to secede the Union after the election of the Lincoln as they were furious with him and his policy of abolishing slavery.

The South Carolina supported the slavery system because of their highly slave based agricultural economic style. The officials used this opportunity as a scapegoat to move out of the Union.

Later they joined the Confederate states of America during the Civil war.

rejoiced because Lincoln's election as president provided secessionist South Carolinians with the political pretext to vote in the state legislature in favor of secession.

Explanation:

On November 10, 1860 the South Carolina General Assembly called for a "Convention of the People of South Carolina" to see if they could secede from the United States.

When Abraham Lincoln was chosen to be the 16th president of the United States the South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States.