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Why did the eleven southern states leave the union in 1860-1861?
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The compromise of 1877 required that federal troops do what?
Leave the southern states immediately
How many states decided to leave from the union?
Eleven
Why did southern states leave union?
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.
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.
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 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.
Did the eleven southern states leave because Abraham Lincoln became presindent?
Yes. Abe did not want slavery
The compromise of 1877 required that federal troops do what?
Leave the southern states immediately
How many states decided to leave the union?
Eleven
How many states decided to leave from the union?
Eleven
Why did the southern states threaten to leave the union?
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.
Why did southern states leave union?
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.
Was it right for the southern states to leave?
That is a matter of opinion.
The decision by the southern states to leave the union was called?
It is secession
What did the compromise of 1877 require the troops?
Leave the southern states immediately
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.
