Four slave-states of the Upper South - Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware.
Lincoln wanted to get rid of slavery and the south didn't agree, so they left and refused to return to the Union. Thats what started the Civil War.
West Virginia.
South Carolina was the first to secede.
South Carolina thought the tarrif (taxes) were too high, so they threatened to secede
South Carolina was the first state to secede in October of 1860. The South seceded because of slavery issues & constitutional issues.
South Carolina threatened to secede in 1833 with the Nullification Act.
South Carolina
Secede from the USA
South Carolina was the first to secede.
South Carolina was the first to secede in 1860
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860