U.S.History-CivilWar-MyTest-03

This type of question is asking about __________.

Lincoln's victory, as the first Republican president and a vocal opponent of slavery's expansion, was the final catalyst for several Southern states to secede from the Union. Within months of his election in ______, South Carolina and six other states declared their secession, forming the Confederate States of America.

• 1787
• 1803
• 1860
• 1864