What did the southern state?

Answer 1

The southern states voted, in their individual state legislatures to be removed from the United States and to form a new country on their own. This happened just after the election of Abraham Lincoln. The southern states were afraid that after Lincoln's election the federal government would make many changes that would affect the business practices and economies of the southern states, the most important issue being slavery.

It is my understanding that this was highly illegal: the only way that they could legally remove themselves from the U.S. would to have been done by legislation in the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C.

After they believed that they had removed themselves form the U.S. they informed the government in Washington that they must remove U.S. Army and Navy bases and personnel from existing U.S. military bases located in their states. When the government refused the southern states began to attack these bases. The most famous of these attacks occoured at Fort Sumpter and this was the first military action of the Civil War.

The Civil War was a war to preserve the union that the states had entered into legally and tried to break apart illegally. Towards the end of the war, Lincoln emancipated (freed) the slaves and this became an additional very significant part of the Civil War.

Answer 2

The southern states voted, in their individual state legislatures to be removed from the United States and to form a new country on their own. This happened just after the election of Abraham Lincoln. The southern states were afraid that after Lincoln's election the federal government would make many changes that would affect the business practices and economies of the southern states, the most important issue being slavery.

It is my understanding that this was highly illegal: the only way that they could legally remove themselves from the U.S. would to have been done by legislation in the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C.

After they believed that they had removed themselves form the U.S. they informed the government in Washington that they must remove U.S. Army and Navy bases and personnel from existing U.S. military bases located in their states. When the government refused the southern states began to attack these bases. The most famous of these attacks occoured at Fort Sumpter and this was the first military action of the Civil War.

The Civil War was a war to preserve the union that the states had entered into legally and tried to break apart illegally. Towards the end of the war, Lincoln emancipated (freed) the slaves and this became an additional very significant part of the Civil War.