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The fact that Abraham Lincoln won the election even though he was not even on the ballots in a lot of southern states made the southerners feel like they did not have a say, which is why South Carolina left the union (the other states were relatively quick to follow).

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the conflict between Union troops and Confederates at Fort Sumter

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