Question

Which was a direct result of President Lincoln winning the Election of 1860? A) South Carolina seceded from the Union. B) Confederate forces attacked Ft. Sumter. C) Union forces attacked Richmond, Virginia. D) The Supreme Court declared that Stephen Douglas should be president.

Answer 1

The correct letter is A.

Just over two months after President Lincoln ( member of the Abolitionist Republic Party) was elected, he saw the first state to succeed when South Carolina voted to secede on December 20th 1860

South Carolina seceded from the Union of the United States due to increasing fears that northern, non-slavery states would impede the rights of southern states to keep slaves.

In the 1860 election was seen as the last straw from most slave-holding states in the South. In December of 1860, after Lincoln was elected, the government of South Carolina drafted a formal ordinance declaring their secession from the United States.

On April 12, 1861, South Carolinian forces opened fire on U.S. Army troops held up at Fort Sumter, an act which is generally regarded as the official beginning of the Civil War.

Answer 2

Confederate forces attacked Ft. Sumter

Further Explanation:

On 20th December ,1860, when Abraham Lincoln won presidential election, South Carolina  by adopting an Ordinance declared its secession from USA and then by February 1861, six more other states adopted similar secession. On 7th February , Seven States adopted provisional constitution for confederate States of America by establishing their temporary capital in Montgomery, Alabama .The February Peace Conference was met at Washington DC but it to failed to resolve the crisis and the other remaining eight States refused please to join confederacy. The seceding stated seized federal properties like buildings,  fortification and arsenals. .James Buchanan the thenpresident , protested ,but did not took any military action In response. Buchanan and was concerned about the fact that if he took any overt action ,this will cause other remaining slaves States forced to leave the Union and he too acknowledge the fact that there is non-constitutional authority for the state to secede. Further in addition he too could not find any constitutional authority for him as well to act to prevent or stop it.

There were several forts constructed including Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie that were not among the sites that were seized initially .Fort Sumter was design in such a way that it could mount 135 guns. Major Anderson reported to president Lincoln about the shortage of rations and only six weeks ration was remaining . The war started by April 12, 1861.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Political Science

Keywords: South Carolina, secession, Confederate great states, Montgomery Alabama, see used federal territories, non-constitutional authorities, Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, Major Anderson.