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All 11 states seceded from the Union right after Lincoln was elected?

true or false

User Roidrage
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Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

Eleven states in total seceded. However, several states seceded from the Union before Lincoln was elected, first including South Carolina in December 1860, four months before Lincoln's inauguration. Therefore, it is false.

User Czw
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I believe it's true

seven southern states seceded, then followed four more

User Bernardo Vale
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