8-3.41860 SC Secession Convention

100% voted to secede from the Union.

http://www.wadehamptoncamp.org/hist-sc.html

Before election of 1860(Lincoln became the 16th president)• Unionists – wanted to stay a part of the union.

They didn’t agree with the North or the federal government but felt the US Constitution was well-equipped to protect SC’s way of life. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unionist

• Cooperationists – SC people who wanted to leave the Union BUT only as a last resort AND if done with the support of the other southern states.

Secessionist

• Also known as radicals or fire-eaters

• Breaking apart from the Union was the only answer for SC

• It was not debatable

• Ready to secede as early as 1852 (civil war started in 1861)