The truth is, secession has been carried in most of the Southern States merely because they were taken by surprise. The subject was sprung upon the people, whose fears were aroused by the triumph ...

On the 4th of February, the Confederate States of America were ... was the birthplace of Southern Secession. However, Rocky Mount’s secession in Oct. 1860 did not undergo the democratic process ...

Lincoln won the presidential election in November 1860. But he would not actually ... Alabama they formed a new government called the Confederate States of America.

The film outlines the early years of the American Civil War, starting with Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860 and the subsequent secession of Southern states. It details the formation of ...

Threatening secession is far from the only ... arguments of reactionary South Carolina and other Southern states that vowed to go it alone in 1860 and 1861. Like California, South Carolina ...

The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single Southern electoral vote, was a clear signal to the Southern states that they had ...