When South Carolina became the first state to secede from the - TopicsExpress



          

When South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union on Dec. 20, 1860, politicians, newspapers, and the general public in both the North and South knew other states would soon follow. The divisions between the two halves of the country over the issue of states’ rights had grown too wide for effective compromise, and secessionist talk was heard throughout the South. It did not take long for other states to follow South Carolina’s example. On Jan. 9, 1861, Mississippi seceded from the Union, Florida seceded the next day, and Alabama the day after that. Within a month seven seceding states formed the Confederate States of America, to be joined by four additional Southern states after the attack on Fort Sumter began the Civil War.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 02:04:04 +0000

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