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What state called for the secession convention and was the first state to secede?
South Carolina became the first Southern state to declare its secession ; December 20, 1860 .
What happened four days after Lincolns election?
Four days after Lincoln's election, South Carolina called for a special convention to consider secession.
How did southerner's justify secession?
They justified secession with the theory of states' rights.
What does anti secession mean?
Anti-secession means against a seperation of the country. Anti means against, and secession means a seperation of the country. For example, the Union was anti-secession during the Civil War.
What is the withdrawal of a state from the union called?
Secession
The Republican Party's convention platform did NOT include?
Secession.
What Confederate general had been a delegate to the Virginia secession convention?
Cavalry Brigadier General Albert Gallatin Jenkins had been a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention.
Did Anglo Texans have influence at the secession convention?
yes
Gathering of prominent New England federalists who considered secession?
the hartsford convention
November 18 1860 who made a fiery speech in favor of secession before the Georgia Secession convention at Milledgeville?
B. Benning
What happend to federalists when public found out about the Hartford convention?
It was disbanded.
What is the name of the gathering of prominent New England Federalists who considered secession?
Hartford Convention
What state called for the secession convention and was the first state to secede?
South Carolina became the first Southern state to declare its secession ; December 20, 1860 .
Why was the South Carolina secession convention moved from Columbia to Charleston?
I believe that there was a smallpox outbreak in Columbia.
Did the politicians who met at the Hartford Convention in 1814 favor secession from the Union?
No, they recommended changes in the constitution
Why did governor Houston refuse to call a convention to discuss secession?
Houston was devoted to the Union, and so he was anopponent of secession. He also thought it was unwise to enter awar that he believed the South could not win.
What two states during the civil war used popular soverinity to determine slaves freedom?
The people of West Virginia were unhappy when Virginia voted for secession from the Union. About a month later, the people of West Virginia had the Wheeling Convention to become a separate state. Tennessee voted to not send delegates to a secession convention.
