How do you think the South felt after Lincoln won the election?

The election of Lincoln led to the secession of seven states in the South before the inauguration and the outright secession of four more, once the Civil War began with the Battle of Fort Sumter. The election was the first of six consecutive victories for the Republican Party.

states began imposing duties on each other's goods. congress had no way to raise money for an army to expel them.

mount st. helens in washington erupts, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people on this day in 1980. ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as minnesota. seismic activity at mount st. helens, which is 96 miles south of seattle, began on march 16.