It joined the Union as the 20th US State on 10 December 1817. It seceded from the Union on 9 January 1861 and was readmitted on 23 February 1870.
They had to dissolve their Confederate state governments, and re-apply for their place in the United States under the US Constitution.
The states that once were the Confederate States of America rejoined the Union in the 19th century.Georgia was the last Southern state to be fully readmitted to the US in 1870.
Based on the election of Abraham Lincoln to the US presidency, South Carolina left the Union on December 20, 1860.
The president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, opposed the secession of the lower South from the Union and maintained that the US government would enforce the collection of tariffs on imported goods even in the seceded states. The original seceded states, which formed the Confederate States of America, opposed Lincoln's attempt to land US troops at several forts in those states which resulted in war and the secession of four more states.
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The Confederate States of America
The Southern US states that seceded from the Union, formed a government called the Confederate States of America. The CSA first consisted of seven Southern states at the time of the attack on Fort Sumter. Shortly afterwards, eleven states had seceded.
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James Buchanan was president when seven Souther states seceded. Four more seceded after Abraham Lincoln took office.
It joined the Union as the 20th US State on 10 December 1817. It seceded from the Union on 9 January 1861 and was readmitted on 23 February 1870.
who had been recently elected as president of the United States when the southern states seceded
Confederate States of America
Texas seceded from the Union on February 1, 1861. It was among the first seven states that formed the Confederate States of America.
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They seceded from the Union, and the US Civil War, followed.
The Confederate States of America