Main Answer:Secession. On November 9, 1860 the South Carolina General Assembly passed a "Resolution to Call the Election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. President a Hostile Act" and stated its intention to declare secession from the United States.
Side Answers:
How did South Carolina react to the election of Abraham Lincoln?
South Carolina was the first state to secede upon Lincoln's election, proclaiming "that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other states under the name of the 'United States of America' is hereby dissolved" with Lincoln's election in the Presidential Election of 1860.
Why did South Carolina secede after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
Southern states that seceded immediately after Lincoln's election in 1860 did so because they had already been planning it in the event of a Republican victory. Their motivation involved what they perceived as a threat to the institution of slavery, which their economy was dependent upon.
How did Lincoln's election affect the South?
Its platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the Southern States but opposed the further extension of slavery into the Western territories. ... The election of Lincoln led to the secession of seven states in the South before the inauguration and four more when the Civil War began with the Battle of Fort Sumter.