alleryStart learning →When did the seceding states form the Confederate States of America?
ADecember 20, 1860
BFebruary 8, 1861
CMarch 4, 1861
DApril 12, 1861
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. February 8, 1861
1. South Carolina's convention declared its union with the other states dissolved once Lincoln's election was certain.
2. Other southern states followed, and on February 8, 1861 they formed the Confederate States of America.
3. Lincoln was sworn in on March 4, and the guns opened on Fort Sumter on April 12, the later dates offered here.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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