Why did the South feel justified in seceding from the United States?
A) The newly elected president wanted to abolish slavery, but the Constitution protected slavery.
B) Even before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as President, he promise to immediately abolish slavery.
C) Texas, the first state to secede, stated that slavery was moral and legal, and should remain that way.
D) The North had refused to enforce things like the Fugitive Slave Act or export Southern goods.