southern secession (jan 4, 1860 – feb 9, 1861)
Description:
-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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Date:
jan 4, 1860
feb 9, 1861
~ 1 years