On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many southerners felt that there was no longer a place for them in the Union. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded. By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -- had split from the Union. The seceded states created the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis, a Mississippi Senator, as their provisional president.
According to infoplease, the number of colleges and universities located in the United States are as follows. * Public 4-year institutions 629 * Private 4-year institutions 1,845 * Public 2-year institutions 1,070 * Private 2-year institutions 596 * Total 4,14. 3 people found this useful.
These universities or colleges are supported by public or private sector. When we look at the number of universities in USA we see that there are 622 public 4-year instutuions, 1828 private 4-year instutuions, 1076 public two year instutuions and finally there are 4182 private 2-year instutions.