It's because they wanted to be independent and wanted more power.
They did not want Lincoln as their president because he wanted to end slavery.
Maryland never left the union. They, along with other slaveholding states Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri never left and some provided troops to the Union.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
Some wanted better job opportunities. There also was a constant threat of communist invasion from the former Soviet Union.
Before the Civil War, some believed that each state had the right to leave the Union by its decision alone. The US Civil War established that a state cannot succeed from the Union without the permission of the other states, as expressed by Act of Congress.
Depends were you wanted to go I guess. Your parents can TRY to controll you until you leave but I think when you are 18. In some states it is 16
some states wanted their amendments because they wanted their equal rights and be independent
The issue of the day that brought on the was was slavery--the Union abolished slavery and some states wanted to continue holding slaves. Intertwined with this is the matter of sovereignty of the national government over the individual states. Slave states, beginning with South Carolina, started seceding from the Union, but according to the Constitution they had no authority to secede.