Question

What was the southerners reaction to the election of Lincoln. Be specific please. I have to write a page for the final exam tomorrow!

Answer 1

On December 20, 1860, six weeks after voters of the United States elected Abraham Lincoln as the 16^th president, South Carolina seceded from the union. Other Southern states soon followed, leading within little over five months to the outbreak of the American Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in US history, and ultimately to the freeing of four million slaves.

The Southern slave-owning class viewed the election of an anti-slavery administration as a mortal threat. Though not an abolitionist, Lincoln was an opponent of slavery and determined to use all means at his disposal to stop its spread.

Answer 2

The election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president of the United States triggered a series of events throughout that South that hurtled the nation toward civil war.

In the days after the election, groups of angry southerners gathered to plan whether they should work within the system or secede from the United States

On December 20, 1860, six weeks after voters of the United States elected Abraham Lincoln as the 16^th president, South Carolina seceded from the union. Other Southern states soon followed, leading within little over five months to the outbreak of the American Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in US history, and ultimately to the freeing of four million slaves.

The Southern slave-owning class viewed the election of an anti-slavery administration as a mortal threat. Though not an abolitionist, Lincoln was an opponent of slavery and determined to use all means at his disposal to stop its spread.