This was devastating to the South, who knew that Lincoln would work hard to give the North the advantage. The southerners were left with no choice but secession. Lincoln was not even on the ballot down South, yet he was now president. By 1861 The Confederate States of America were formed. At this point in time, the Civil War began.
Some historians point to years of unfair legislation against the South.
Passage of tariffs favorable to the commerce of the North, rather than the farming of the South, led to southern discontent. Due to the fact that the South had fewer people, they continually lost measures in Congress. Industrialism vs. agrarianism, biased tariff laws, unfair legislative representation and Yankee oppression all contributed to the outbreak of Civil War. But I found that without the peculiar institution of slavery, there would have been no war. That, I suppose is the rub.