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How did South Carolina respond to the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860?

It called for a state convention and demanded a recount.
It reluctantly agreed to support the policies of the new president:
O It declared independence from the Union and the Confederacy.
O It called a state convention and voted to secede from the Union.

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The correct answer is ID. t called a state convention and voted to secede from the Union.

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South Carolina is a state of the United States of America located in the South region. In 1860, when Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election, he posed a threat to the people of South Carolina because many of them owned slaves, and the new president had expressed his desire to abolish slavery. Therefore, South Carolina called a state convention to separate from the United States on December 20 of that year. So the correct answer is D.

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