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South Carolina was the first to secede.
South Carolina was the first to secede.
On December 20, 1860, the state of South Carolina voted to remove itself from the United States of America.
They thought they should be able to have slaves is one reason.
national sovereignty overrides state right
The North during the Civil War area did not think the South should secede however did nothing to prevent it.
South Carolina was the first to secede.
The southern states certainly believed they had the right to secede, but most of the northern states disagreed. The question was answered by a sort of trial-by-combat called the American civil War.Because the Confederacy lost the war and the Union was preserved, it turned out that no state had the right to secede without Congressional approval.
The South seceded from the United States.
South Carolina was the first to secede.
South Carolina seceeded from the United States of America
South Carolina was the first of the Confederate States to secede from the United States.
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According to most Constitutional scholars, states in the United States cannot secede after they receive statehood. In 1861, there was a clear dispute about this. In the Confederacy, they wrote their constitution based mostly on the US Constitution. Their constitution clearly states that secession is illegal.
"Copperhead" was a term given to Northern people who sympathized with the south and the southern states' right to secede from the Union.
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On December 20, 1860, the state of South Carolina voted to remove itself from the United States of America.