Lincoln's Election Increases Tensions
- South Carolina believes that slavery is protected by the constitution
- Seceded because north violated this with Lincoln
- The north has "united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery"
- The election of Abraham Lincoln, who intends on abolishing slavery made South secede
- Lincoln would not be inaugurated for another 3 months in early March, 1861