the south didnt have to defeat the union, just avoid losing
The secession of South Carolina from the Union
Secession from the union
President Buchanan
President Buchanan
The South's redemption means the turn from the South's secession plan to bringing the South back into the Union. The South had to show that it was committed to the Union again.
Secession. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.
Ansewer to CHEIKH CODé GUEYE Declaration of the immediate causes which induce and justify the secession of South Carolina from the federal union.
the south wanted slavery to still exist even if the union was split
Doctrine of Nullification and South Carolina threatened to succeed from the Union.
Other Southern states followed South Carolina's lead in secession and ultimately this led to the skirmish at Ft. Sumtner and the Civil War.
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
Lincoln's election as president