Which event led directly to south carolina's secession from the united states? a) the firing upon ft. sumter in charleston b) the cession of north carolina from the union eliminate c) the victory of abraham lincoln in the election of 1860 d) the confederate victory at the first battle of bull run

The correct answer is C) the victory of Abraham Lincoln in the Election of 1860

Following Lincoln's win, a month later, they declared that they were seceding from the Union because the election of Abraham Lincoln is a clear sign of hostility of non-slave states towards the slave states and they would not take it any more, or at least that's how they described it.

The statistics for the eastern war are grim. more than three-million men died in the fighting, more than nine-million men were wounded, and every major country which participated lost its form of government.