Witch statement describes how the southern states that formed the Confederacy reacted to Abraham Lincoln's election. A.They signed a treaty with Canada. B.They declared war on the United States. C.They seceded from the United States. D.They crafted an alliance with Mexico.
History · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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C. They seceded from the United States.
The southern states that formed the Confederacy reacted to Abraham Lincoln's election by seceding from the United States. Following Lincoln's victory in the 1860 presidential election, several Southern states, primarily from the Deep South, chose to secede from the Union in protest against what they perceived as a threat to their economic and social interests, particularly regarding the issue of slavery. This eventually led to the formation of the Confederate States of America and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861.