The 7 states of the south that threatened to secede if Lincoln became President.
They justified secession with the theory of states' rights.
Secession
what were the pro slavery anti secession statesgenerally known as border states
The act of withdrawing a state from the Union of the United States is called "secession". By definition secession has happened in many countries throughout the years, but the most relevant example of secession in the United States occurred in the 1860s with the secession of 11 states from the United States who formed their own government and declared themselves the "Confederate States of America". What resulted was the Civil War, which lasted from 1861 until 1865 when the Confederate States of America were defeated and forcibly re-entered into the United States.
The issues that led to the secession had been festering for a long time, but it was the election of Abraham Lincoln that precipitated the secession.
A term used for people who opposed secession of the states were called conservatives. The people that supported secession were called secessionists.
The eleven states of the CSA, in order of secession, were: South Carolina (seceded December 20, 1860), Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee (seceded June 8, 1861).
Civil War
There were people
separating from the southern states to go on your own.
Well slavery was a big part of the southern secession.