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Because the newly-elected Lincoln refused to allow the creation of any new slave-states.
So as new states joined the Union, Congress would be more dominated by the Northern free states, and would pass laws favouring the North, such as the tariffs on imports.
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How many states ended up seceding from the Union?
11
What did the southern states threaten to do many times?
Seceding from the Union??
What is the withdrawal of a state from the union called?
Secession
Why did the secessionists want to leave the union?
The seceding states left the union due to issues over states' rights and slavery. Also, general differences in the people and economy (North was much more industrial than the South) led to the eventual seccesion of the South.
Who said states didn't have the right to withdraw from the union and that it was unconstitutional to prevent them from seceding?
Abraham Lincoln
How did the seceding states justify their right to leave the union?
They left the union to join the confedirety
Which of the following is a true statementPresident Buchanan did not force seceding states to return to the Union?
President Buchanan did not force seceding states to return to the Union.
What was the word used in place of leave in reference to these state withdrawing from the United State?
Withdrawing states say they are seceding from the union.
Why did seceding state believe the had to leave the union?
Because Lincoln had won the 1860 election on a ticket of no new slave-states.
How many states ended up seceding from the Union?
11
What did the southern states threaten to do many times?
Seceding from the Union??
The southern states began seceding from the Union during the Administration of president?
Lincoln
What is the withdrawal of a state from the union called?
Secession
Which group wanted to punish the Confederate states for seceding from the Union and wanted to make it difficult for the states re-enter the Union?
Racial Republicans
What does sceeded from the union mean?
"Seceding from the union" refers to the actions of the states that left the United States to form the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War.
Whom did the Confederate States of America select as president after seceding from the Union?
Jefferson Davis
Why did the secessionists want to leave the union?
The seceding states left the union due to issues over states' rights and slavery. Also, general differences in the people and economy (North was much more industrial than the South) led to the eventual seccesion of the South.
