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I dont think you have this right. The Union did not succedde it was the Confederates. and the confederates main reason for trying to leave the "union" was because they felt they were not fairly represented in congress.
Many respected Virginians (including Lee) who disapproved of secession, but felt their first duty was to their state, not the USA.
Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general during the American Civil War, defined secession as a right that was granted to states under the United States Constitution. He believed that states had the power to leave the Union if they felt their rights were being violated by the federal government. However, Lee also expressed his personal wish for the preservation of the Union and loyalty to his home state of Virginia.
South Carolina seceded on December 20th 1860.
They wanted their own country. The wanted the Confederacy of America. The UNion didn't. Also, the Union didn't think that slavery was all too hot.
It is secession
Secession.
The people who opposed secession believed that a state could not leave the union without permission form the remaining states, which had neither been sought nor given. The people supporting secession believed that each state had the right to leave the Union without need of permission from other states.
The North considered secession illegal because they believed the Constitution did not provide for states to leave the Union. They argued that secession went against the idea of a perpetual union established by the founding fathers. Additionally, the North viewed secession as a threat to the unity and stability of the nation.
You may be thinking of "secession"-- the verb is "to secede." During the civil war, a number of southern states decided to secede from the Union and form the Confederacy.
Secession
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.
I think you are looking for secession! If so, it is the assumed right of states to leave the Union as in the American Civil War
I dont think you have this right. The Union did not succedde it was the Confederates. and the confederates main reason for trying to leave the "union" was because they felt they were not fairly represented in congress.
Many respected Virginians (including Lee) who disapproved of secession, but felt their first duty was to their state, not the USA.
Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general during the American Civil War, defined secession as a right that was granted to states under the United States Constitution. He believed that states had the power to leave the Union if they felt their rights were being violated by the federal government. However, Lee also expressed his personal wish for the preservation of the Union and loyalty to his home state of Virginia.
South Carolina