If Lincoln had not called for 75,000 troops would have states like Virginia...

[RyanS]

...and the others like her have left? Would the states like Arkansas Virginia, and Tennessee still have voted to leave the union?

 

[followpol]

The secession began before Lincoln's inauguration. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy was sworn in before Lincoln was. In 1856, Democrats ran saying that if a Democrat was not elected, the South would secede. A Democrat was elected, James Buchanan. In 1860, a Republican was elected, Abraham Lincoln. The South seceded. The Civil War was not the result of any action Lincoln took. It had been building for a long time.