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∙ 13y agoThe southern states broke away because they believed in slavery. They feared that Abraham Lincoln would take that right away from them.
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What states want to break away from the US?
A lot. (27)
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.
What was the Union Government?
It was the United States government, to which Abraham Lincoln had been elected - minus the representatives of the Southern states that had broken away to form the Confederacy.
What is the confedaracy?
The confederacy was the Confederate States of America. It was a secessionist government that was created in 1861 and lasted until the end of the Civil War. It was composed of several Southern states.
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln?
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
What steps led to the out break of the civil war?
Some southern states succeeded away from the Union over the fact of slavery. 1 Southern states broke away from the Union 2 Confederate cannons bombarded Fort Sumter
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.
What was the fist state to break away from the US?
The first state to break away from the United States was South Carolina.
What states want to break away from the US?
A lot. (27)
What did the south rename after break away?
The Confederate States of America.
How did Songhai break away from mali?
People from the southern rain forests raided Mali's southern boarder
What was the name of the nation created by the southern states that bro ke away?
The Confederate States of America (CSA)
How was the Civil War a referendum on federalism?
The Southern states claimed that they were entitled to break away, because the United States was a voluntary federation, from which any state could secede if it chose. Congress did not accept this. It refused to recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation, and declared those states to be in unlawful rebellion.
Who became the president of the southern states new nation when they broke away from the union?
Jefferson Davis.
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.
How did states rights threaten the union?
Arguably, it gave the slave-states the right to break away and form a separate nation.
How many southern states where there?
there was thirteen southern states?????? there was thirteen southern states??????
