Election Of 1860,Secession in GA and Alexander Stephans's Role

Alexander Stepehens

Abraham Lincoln

The Election of 1860 was when Abraham Lincoln was elected for his first term. The republican party won the election. The Southern's reaction to this was secession. They wanted out! They became to be known as the cooperationalist. Alexander Stephens was a cooperationalist that played a very important part in passing the Compromise of 1850. He was elected vice president of the confederacy.  Secessionist were people who were against the union , but not everyone wanted to leave. The people that weren't very sure of what they wanted, were known as cooperationist. But in the end the delegates will be the ones to decide whether or not they want to leave and they chose secession.