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Why did the Southern states want to leave the U.S to form their own country?
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What form of government did the southern states have during the Civil War (1861-1865)?
what form of government did the southern states have during the civil war 1861-1865? idk i think it's a Confederacy NO IT IS A CONFEDERACY I GOT THIS!!
Why did the southern states of US leave and form the Confederate states of America?
Because they were against the programm of the Republican Party. After the election of Lincoln in 1860, they were aware of having lost the majority in the Congress and lest they would be considered as a "tolerated minority" with but little influence or power, they decided to secede.
How can a state secede from a union?
you tell them you no longer want to be a part of their country and that you and several more states are going to secede and form another country separate
What event led the southern states to break away form the union?
The election of Lincoln in November 1860, and his refusal to allow any extension of slavery.
Why did Southern states secede from the Union in 1861?
Southern states seceded from the Union due to several reasons, 1) being the industrial revolution was creating large profits for the northern states while cotton price's were regulated by the federal government, 'Commerce Clause', which were kept at the same basic price per lb even with the industrial revolution making the demand for cotton much higher. 2) Britain was offering backing in the form of money to the south in an effort to divide the United States which would weaken the country 3) finally the election of Abraham Lincoln to president. President Lincoln was pro abolitionism (against slavery) and pro industry. The southern states disagreed with his belief's and with Britain talking up succession, which is a Constitutional right of the states. The Southern States, mostly slave states seceded. Note. President Lincoln went against the Constitution and refused secession based on the thought that the division of the States would destroy the 'Great Experiment' (Union of the States).
What is the name of the country the southern states wanted to form when they left the US?
The Southern states formed their own country when they seceded from the United States. Their country became known as the Confederate States of America.
Who threatened to start their own country from the United States?
John Brown tried. Eleven southern states did form a separate country.
What did the eleven states that seceded the union form?
Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.
What year was the southern delegates form the confederate states of america?
In 1861, the southern delegates form the confederate states of America.
What is leaving to form a new country during the civil war?
Secession. The civil war was caused by the secesion of the Southern states.
Name of the union formed by the Southern states?
The southern US states form the Confederate States of America
What did the southern states form after they left the union?
Confederation
N 1861 what did eleven southern states form?
The Confederate States of America.
North leave the south?
Nope - other way round. South Carolina seceded from the Union, followed by a number of other Southern states, to form the Confederate States of America. In 1865, they were forced back into the Union.
Who fought for the Union during the Civil War?
The Civil War was fought because a group of states in the southern US wanted to split away and form a new nation that would be run the way they wanted. The 11 Southern states the broke away (or seceded) were known as the Confederate States. The Union were the remaining states within the United States that fought to keep the southern states as part of the country.
Why didn't the Union let the Southern states secede?
The people who opposed secession believed that a state could not leave the union without permission form the remaining states, which had neither been sought nor given. The people supporting secession believed that each state had the right to leave the Union without need of permission from other states.
What did the South want?
they wanted their country to be free of slavery The real issue was whether the southern states had the right to separate from the United States and form their own country. Apparently, they didn't.
