In 1861 the South seceded from the union with the election of president Lincoln as the final draw. To them he, being a Republican, embodied everything that they were against. They seceded for numerous reasons, the North seemed to now dictate the South, Lincoln didn’t believe in the expansion of slavery rather limiting it and more… The South’s immediate secession after Lincoln’s inauguration was mainly due to built up hatred of the North. …showed first 75 words of 592 total…

…showed last 75 words of 592 total…Union. They felt that their opinions were not being fairly taken into account, after all the Republicans again dismissed their threat of secession before Lincoln was even inaugurated. But what was clear evidence that their political power had waned was in the 1860 election where none of the Southern states voted for Lincoln and yet that didn’t seem to make a difference for he still won the election and therefore pushed the Union to secession.