southern secession (4 janv. 1860 – 9 févr. 1861)

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-Union collapsed first in South Carolina following Lincoln's election
-Deep South states eventually seceded
-secessionists met and proclaimed a new nation -> The Confederate States of America
-the named Jefferson Davis president
-secession was less intense in states of Upper South
-federal law lacked authority to restore Union by force

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