The Tariff acts were against the south. Northerners were making money hand over fist and congress was passing tariff acts against the south highly taxing agriculture and liquor state to state trading. The southern economies were hurting and starving.
Lincoln originally ran as a Whig party pro-slavery candidate. Then Mr "honest Abe" pissed on the conventions and stacked the deck in his favor virtually creating a mockery of the Constitution and voting system to get the nomination. Later, he dissed the Whig party in favor of the National Union Party (war democrats) so that he could continue his war and kill thousands of our citizens from both the North and South. He was a mockery and barely was re-elected by only the Northern states.
In 1861 he also signed into law the Revenue Act of 1861 creating our first Income tax to fund his little war.
The acts of aggression were from the North and South. They were not uniquely from the Southerners. Granted most of these aggressive measures were because of slavery by this point. I think it was South Carolina that broke off and Abe ignored state sovereignty and the most precious paper that we have - again!
He is by far the worst pres we have ever had. Again, he split our nation in two. He was untrustworthy and deceitful.
During this time countries from all over the world were ending slavery. It was on path
well before he became president. Don't get me wrong, ending slavery was one of the best things that America has ever done. But it wasn't by his hand alone. I believe that it could have been done with
much less blood.
Edit: I prob never should have said anything. I wonder how long it will take for me to be called a racist?