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When South Carolina seceded what was Lincoln's reaction?

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President Lincoln feared it was the end of democracy because the main reason for their secession was due to him winning the presidential election as a Republican.

This angered the people of South Carolina and they declared that they were leaving the Union. Six more states followed a month later and, by June, a total of 11 southern states were no longer part of the country.

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