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Eleven states seceded from the union because they believed slavery should be legal. They created the Confederate States of America. They were Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana and Virginia.
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Why would the election of Lincoln in 1860 cause southern states to leave the union?
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
Were the southern states confederate or union?
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
The compromise of 1877 required that federal troops do what?
Leave the southern states immediately
Why didn't northerners allow southern states to leave the union?
Because they regarded the Union as sacred - also they didn't want to lose the cotton revenues.
What was the northerners reason for fighting?
Primarily to keep the Union together and not let the States split. The Union (or the North) beleived that the Southern States did not have the right to leave the Union. That point of law has been debated for a long time.
Why did the southern states threaten to leave the union?
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.
The decision by the southern states to leave the union was called?
It is secession
What do you call the action taken by eleven southern states to leave the union?
Secession.
Why did the eleven southern states believe they had a right to leave the US?
They did have the right to leave the union, it says so in the constitution.
Why would the election of Lincoln cause the southern states to leave the union?
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
Why would the election of Lincoln in 1860 cause southern states to leave the union?
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
Were the southern states confederate or union?
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
What was the major reason that led to the civil war?
States rights and the fact that Lincoln refused to allow the southern states to leave the union.
The compromise of 1877 required that federal troops do what?
Leave the southern states immediately
Why didn't northerners allow southern states to leave the union?
Because they regarded the Union as sacred - also they didn't want to lose the cotton revenues.
What was the northerners reason for fighting?
Primarily to keep the Union together and not let the States split. The Union (or the North) beleived that the Southern States did not have the right to leave the Union. That point of law has been debated for a long time.
The southern states decide to what from the union?
seceded from the union
