Question

8. Which event was the eventual cause to the southern states seceding?

(1 point)

The Fugitive Slave Law

The Kansas-Nebraska sot

The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoin

The raid on Harpers Ferry

Answer 1

The event that was the eventual cause of the southern states seceding was **the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln**. His election was seen by many in the South as a direct threat to the institution of slavery, which led to the decision of several Southern states to secede from the Union.