The Confederate constitution supported states' sovereignty, guaranteed the perpetual existence of slavery in the states and territories, prohibited Congress from enacting a protective tariff and giving government aid to internal improvements, and limited the presidential term to six-years. They drafted and passed a constitution that was similar to the U.S. Delegates from these states met in Montgomery, Alabama, and formed the Confederate States of America.
Between the time of his election in November and his inauguration in March of 1861, seven states from the lower South seceded from the Union. Abraham Lincoln's presidential campaign victory lit the fuse that would explode into the Civil War.
