It didn't. North and South Korea both declared independence in 1948. Neither country seceded from the other, but the country was divided into two distinct occupation zones by the US and Soviets in 1945.
The South seceded from the United States.
The Union was the North - all the states that had not seceded.
On Apr.20,1861, North Carolina seceded from the Union.
The south seceded from the United States. The south formed the Confederacy, while the north was generally known as the Union.
North Florida, South Kentucky, West Montana, Alaska, Mexico, Canada
South Carolina ;) anything else?
Because the Southern states seceded from the North, taking the huge cotton revenues with them.
The North and South fought the Civil War because the South lived on slavery and could not live without it, the north on the other hand did not like slavery. They also fought the war because the South seceded after Lincoln became president. Seceded means that they separated from the country and became their own country, with their own name, and government. They seceded because they felt useless while Lincoln was in power, he did not like slavery so the South did not stand a chance against him. The North was also far more advanced than the South. The South was still using rivers for transportation, and fields for growing things. The North was already using railroads and factories.
The Confederates were the Southern slave-states that had seceded from the USA. The Union (North) was what was left.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
"The Union" means the North when writing about the Civil War. The South is the Confederacy or the Confederates, sometimes the rebels. The union is what was left of the United States after the southern states seceded.
North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, and Tennessee.ANSWER:There were 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union. They were South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas.