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Many Southern leaders and wealthy plantation owners believed the the South was becoming marginalized by the ever expanding North. The institution of slavery caused a cultural divide among ordinary citizens on both sides of the upcoming armed conflict.
On an overall basis, at least in the first few years of the US Civil War, many Southerners saw that only independence from the Union would secure their social, economic and political way of life.
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∙ 8y agoThey wanted to become their own country, because they wanted slaves. They were racist, and wanted to continue with slavery. When the northern half of the country began to make reforms against slavery. The south broke away from the rest of the country and formed the confederate. The north did not like this so they engaged in war with them, thus, the civil war.
There were no Northern reforms concerning slavery prior to the US Civil War. The Union continued to be racist. Few people before, during or immediately after believed that in racial equality. Many Northerners believed slavery was immoral, however most white people in the North did not believe that Blacks were equal to whites.
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∙ 13y agoThey wanted to have independence and keep slavery. If they didn't form a confederacy the Union would force them to release the slaves.
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What does South Carolina want southern states to do?
It wanted other states to join it in seceding, and forming the Confederacy.
Why did the border states that bordered the union states and the confederacy states did not want to join the confederacy even though they practiced slavery?
because
Why did the southern states want the new states to be out of the western territory?
No
Why did the Union not want Britain to recognize the Confederacy?
During the American Civil War, the British government refused to recognize the Confederacy due to long-established politico-diplomatic protocol. To most established world-powers, recognition of those claiming political independence required proofs of stability so as to avoid lending prestige to transitional or spurious revolutionaries. In addition, Great Britain had commercial connections with Northern merchants that it did not wish to put into jeopardy without good reason.
Why did many northerners want to keep slavery in the south?
Answer made assuming the above question means: Why did the Union not join the confederacy?The answer is somewhat simple: The union wished to abolish slavery. This caused multiple states start to take sides, and as you can see, the southern states joined the confederacy as they ran large plantations and needed the African slaves to run them. The northern states did not have many slaves due to a lack of need because their food supply/money was made mostly on family run farms.
Why did the southern states from the confederacy?
It is because the south did not want to end slavery and the north did so the secede form the north
What does South Carolina want southern states to do?
It wanted other states to join it in seceding, and forming the Confederacy.
What does South Carolina want other Southern states to do?
It wanted other states to join it in seceding, and forming the Confederacy.
Why did the confederacy want the fort Sumter?
The confederacy of the southern states wanted Fort Sumter to have a foot hold on the harbors. The confederacy held possession of Fort Sumter until February 1865, when the North came in and raised the Northern states flag and regained control of Fort Sumter.
Why did the border states that bordered the union states and the confederacy states did not want to join the confederacy even though they practiced slavery?
because
What 2 states did the Confederacy want to join them?
The Northern slave-states of Kentucky and Missouri.
Did the southern states want slavery during the 1860's?
Yes, that is one of the main reasons 11 of the Southern states seceded from the Union, and attempted to form the Confederate States of America, which was a main cause of the US Civil War.
Did the confederacy want slavery?
Yes. Slavery was a huge part of southern agricultural life. (I am not saying that it was right)
What does South Carolina want other states to do?
It wanted other states to join it in seceding, and forming the Confederacy.
The civil war union want to preserve the union or destroy the confederacy?
Both. The Union wanted to preserve the country as a whole; they did not want the United States to split up. The Confederacy, however, wanted to separate from the United States, therefore, splitting up the country. So the Union wanted to destroy the confederacy to preserve the United States.
Why did the southern states want the new states to be out of the western territory?
No
Why did Lincoln only free the slaves in the states of the confederacy instead of all slaves?
Because he was anxious not to upset powerful slave-owners in the border-states and drive them into the arms of the Confederacy.
