The sequence of state secessions following Lincoln's election reveals which pattern about the relationship between slavery and secession?
Western territories declared independence before established states
States with industrial economies were the first to leave the Union
States with the highest percentage of enslaved people seceded first
Border states unanimously seceded before Deep South states
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