D. They moved west looking for work picking crops in California
<span> millions of Americans migrated west and into urban areas, and hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved to northern cities. ... Pragmatists notably </span>did<span> not just hope to garner government support for reform, but also sought to directly transform government through their influence (Filip, 2015).</span>
The force of events moved very quickly upon the election of Lincoln. South Carolina acted first, calling for a convention to secede from the Union. State by state, conventions were held, and the Confederacy was formed. Within three months of Lincoln's election, seven states had seceded from the Union.
