I don't know if I'm right, but I'd say that they celebrated different states seceding from the Union.
Most Southerners had their money invested in enslaved African Americans and farms.
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Land and enslaved Africans.
A lot.
south had lost its influence in the national politics
The plantation needed a source of inexpensive labor.
In 1860, approximately 25% of white households in the southern United States owned slaves. This means that not all white southerners owned slaves, but a significant portion did.
You forgot to list "the following individuals," but the answer is Abraham Lincoln.
Because Lincoln would not allow any extension of slavery
because southerners thought Abraham Lincoln was going to remove slavery
Because President Abraham Lincoln had won without getting a single vote from the southern states.
Yes. It is often called "Communion" or "The Lord's Supper" and most Protestant churches celebrate it regularly.