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What event led the first seven states to secede?
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The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860 — and the success of the anti‑slavery Republican Party — prompted Southern leaders to view the federal government as hostile to slavery. Lincoln’s victory (without any Southern electoral votes) triggered South Carolina to secede on Dec. 20, 1860; by Feb. 1861 the first seven states (South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas) had left the Union.
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