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Secession Winter

Secession Winter proper noun: the winter of 1860-61, following the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency but preceding his inauguration, during which South Carolina and other states of the Southern United States seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.

Proper noun

Secession Winter

  1. The winter of 1860-61, following the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency but preceding his inauguration, during which South Carolina and other states of the Southern United States seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.

Questions about Secession Winter

What does Secession Winter mean?
Secession Winter means the winter of 1860-61, following the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency but preceding his inauguration, during which South Carolina and other states of the Southern United States seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.
What part of speech is Secession Winter?
Secession Winter is a proper noun.

Words near Secession Winter in the dictionary

  1. seceshes
  2. secess
  3. secession
  4. secession war
  5. secession wars
  6. Secession Winter
  7. secessional
  8. secessionalism
  9. secessionalist
  10. secessionalists
  11. secessionary

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