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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?
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: 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.
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Southern advantages over the north?
The south had more states and a larger union.
Was the Northern states or the Southern states termed the Union in the US Civil War?
The North was called the Union because it represented those states that remained in "union" together as the Unites States, and because it was fighting to preserve that union by keeping the rebellious Southern states from leaving it.
What was the name of the south when they broke away?
The Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America seceded from the United States of America and lasted from 1861 to 1865. It consisted of 11 Southern states that believed slavery was okay. During the time that their government lasted the United States Civil War was raging. The South was fighting for their freedom and for continuity of slavery. The North was fighting for the emancipation of slavery. The Southern states surrendered to the North in April 1865 and the Confederate States of America dissolved.
What side was fighting for individual states the north or south?
The North was fighting to preserve the union while the South was fighting because they wanted out of the union, but not necessarily to become individual states.
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 was the northerners reason for fighting?
Primarily to keep the Union together and not let the States split. The Union (or the North) beleived that the Southern States did not have the right to leave the Union. That point of law has been debated for a long time.
How are northern and southern different?
The North were free states and the South were slave states.
Was the Civil War constitutional?
It was constitutional because the North was fighting for the "equal rights That's what the fight was about. The southern states thought since they had voluntarily accepted the Constitution they had the right to reject it when they did not agree with the federal government. The northern states disagreed.
Who relied more on trade north or south?
The Southern States
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.
