First Wave Secession (20 Dez 1860 Jahr – 1 Feb 1861 Jahr)

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South Carolina is the first to secede in December 1860
followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, | Georgia, and Louisiana in January of 1861
Texas in February

President Lincoln is not in office yet, during the lame duck era of the Buchanan presidency.

lame duck = when a new president has been elected but the old president is still in office, they don't pass any laws or do anything

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