W wanted Guest Dec 13, 2008 #1 ...independence? Why did the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, spark the southern movement for independence and begin the civil war?
...independence? Why did the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, spark the southern movement for independence and begin the civil war?
J Joe G Guest Dec 13, 2008 #3 It was not the "spark". The movement to bail out of the Union was already in place.
