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Could the North have survived as a Union if the southern states had left?
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Yes, if you want a good read, Harry Turtledove's books deal with the scenario of the south winning the war. His alternate history series is a very good look at one possibility.
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If the Union could have survived if the Southern states had left why did the North say they were fighting to save the Union?
: Over the years the exact wording has changed. President Lincoln stated that the North was fighting to preserve the Union. In order to do that, this meant all states had to remain within the Union. No state could exercise its right to secede. If it did, Lincoln envisioned a splintering of America into a bunch of petty states and kingdoms, much like what Germany was before Bismarck unified it.
What was to become of the defeated southern states?
the southern states would have had to listen to the northern states..the north basically ruled the south since the south surrendered to the north
What are the upper southern states not including the lower southern states?
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas
What agreement did the did northern and southern delegates make over trade?
the southern states agreed congress could regulate trade between the states, and other countries. In exchange the north agreed that congress could not tax exports or intervene with slave trade.
What agreement did northern and southern delegates make over trade?
the southern states agreed congress could regulate trade between the states, and other countries. In exchange the north agreed that congress could not tax exports or intervene with slave trade.
Why were the southern states angry at the north?
The southern states had one main disagreement with the North, which was brought to a boiling point by the election of Abraham Lincoln. The southern states believed in what they called "states' rights." They claimed that it was the states that organized and ratified the constitution, and that therefore, they could leave the Union whenever they wished. The northern states countered this idea with the Nationalist argument. It said that the people ratified the Constitution, and that they could overthrow the Federal government by popular choice, but until then, the states were permanently in the Union. The victory of the Northern states showed that the Nationalist doctrine would be the prevailing policy of the US.
How are northern and southern different?
The North were free states and the South were slave states.
What is the real name for the civil war union?
Officially, the north continued to be the United States of America. The southern states thought they had left the Union and set up a new nation, which they named the Confederate States of America. The north believed that the south had not, in fact, left the Union, and could not, no matter how they tried or what they did. From the northern perspective, the southern states were "in rebellion" against national authority.
Who relied more on trade north or south?
The Southern States
Could democracy have survived in the Confederacy?
Yes, democracy could have survived. The civil war was about ideology as much as anything else. While states rights was the war cry of the south, they wanted states rights so that they could decide for themselves if they could keep slavery. Northern states pretty much agreed that slavery was evil and southern states didn't see how they could run their farms without slaves. Personally, I think both sides were wrong. The north was wrong to feel that they could force that kind of law on the south. The south was wrong to want to keep slavery. The loss of a couple specific states rights has led to further loss of states rights. Now about the only rights that a state has is to determine the color of their license plates. Even then, the Feds don't want them to look too much like someone else's.
What reasons do the Southern States have politically that would cause them to fight the North?
For states rights
Are the rebels part of the north or south?
The Rebel States were the Southern states - which formed the Confederacy.
