Some of them are for freedom. Also for the right to keep slaves. Those are only two reasons, but there are more.
Which event caused the Southern States to secede from the Union
Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.
December 20, 1860
states rights and threat of invasion by federal gov't to southern states.
Montana can vote to secede from the Union. However, similar to the Southern States attempts to secede during the Civil War, the Federal government would not allow it to occur.
The states that DID NOT secede from the Union was Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. These four states did not secede from the Union because They were Border states, meaning they were between the Union and the Confederacy.
The Southern states formed The Confederate States of America and wanted to be a separate country. The Civil War prevented that.
The first state to secede was South Carolina in December 1860. The last to leave the Union was North Carolina in May 1861.
It did secede. It was one of the original seven.
Borders do not secede but states do. Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri were border states that did not secede in the union.
Because they didn't believe in slavery strongly enough to want to break up the Union.
Abraham Lincoln