protecting state sovereignty
One month after South Carolina seceded from the union TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, and FL seceded.
as they seceded from the Union the Southern states took over of the federal forts inside their borders
South Carolina seceded from the Union primarily due to their belief in states' rights and the protection of slavery as an institution.
Because the south seceded to form the union. That's the reason there was a civil war.
The Confederacy
South Carolina seceded from the Union before the Civil War.
Tennesee
South Carolina
Only one state seceded in 1860, South Carolina.
The Union was the North - all the states that had not seceded.
there is a reason why it's called the Union...
South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860, becoming the first state to secede from the Union.