It has been said that history is written by those who win wars. The South lost the Civil War. History says those southern states did not have the right to secede. Did the 13 colonies have the right to declare independence from Britain? Britain lost the American War of Independence. History says the 13 colonies did have the right to declare independence.
Officially for the States Right but actually for States Right and to protect their way of life, which included also the slavery.
Those states seceded from the union in attempt to maintain the right to own slaves.
The Southern states seceded from December of 1860 to April of 1861.
The Confederate States Of America was formed by eleven states that seceded from the United States.
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
No states seceded from the Civil War. Seven states had seceded from the USA by the time of Fort Sumter, and four more seceded as a result of it. Later one new state, West Virginia, seceded from Virginia.
None of the Border States seceded even though they were slave states.
The Confederate States of America was formed in February 1861 by seven states which had seceded from the Union.
None of them did. There is a link below to a question about states that seceded in the 19th century.
Eleven slave states seceded. This included Texas, Louisiana,, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Virginia seceded, then West Virginia seceded from Virginia and rejoined the Union.
James Buchanan was president when seven Souther states seceded. Four more seceded after Abraham Lincoln took office.
Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.