The most significant event to the legacy of the American Civil War that is present today was the Secession Crisis and South Carolina being the first of the southern states to secede. Talks of secession had been going on since the birth of the nation for one reason or another but, the election of President Lincoln who was in favor of ending the spread of slavery was the final act that caused the United States of America to rip into two separate countries. It started with South Carolina in December of 1860 which passed an Ordinance of Secession, the declaration of causes for secession was mainly to preserve slavery. After South Carolina's secession 10 other southern states would secede as well. While the cause for secession
