"The election of Lincoln in November 1860 was the final trigger for secession. Efforts at compromise, including the "Corwin Amendment" and the "Crittenden Compromise", failed. Southern leaders feared that Lincoln would stop the expansion of slavery and put it on a course toward extinction. The slave states, which had already become a minority in the House of Representatives, were now facing a future as a perpetual minority in the Senate and Electoral College against an increasingly powerful North. Before Lincoln took office in March 1861, seven slave states had declared their secession and joined to form the Confederacy."
When Lincoln was elected in November of 1860, it triggered many southern states to seceed. Southerners feared that Lincoln would stop the expansion of the slave states. The Southern states feared the powerful North. In March of 1861, seven states seceeded and formed the Confederacy.
American Civil War. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
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