I know the main focus was slavery and the fact that Lincoln didn't win in a single Southern State, but was there more to it than that?
Could Americans please elaborate?
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States' rights and Lincoln being elected without a single electoral vote from any Southern state. Many Southerners felt that their way of life was being threatened. They wanted to secede to allow the North to do as it wanted without it affecting the South, and to protect their culture. Honestly, many of the men that fought for the South never owned any slaves.