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because they wanted to know that they would have a stong chance at winning a Civil War
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 14y agothe south wanted to keep salvery legal while people in the north wanted it outlawed. the south felt that the northen government was trying to destroy slavery and their way of life.
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Why did the south feel that they had the right to leave the union?
They said that the USA was a voluntary assembly of states, and any of them could quit the Union at any time.
What was the major reason that led to the civil war?
States rights and the fact that Lincoln refused to allow the southern states to leave the union.
Why did Alabama leave the union?
Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861 on January 11th because Alabama was one of the states where it was allowed to hold slaves and the other states wouldn't allow it so Alabama wanted to be part of the CSA so they could hold slaves so they seceded from the USA. krL(:
What did the Confederate States of America do when some southerners were hesitant leave the Union?
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
Why did Jefferson Davis leave the union?
Because Mississippi the State that he was the senator for seceded from the union along with 6 other states and they formed a confederacy which later Jefferson Davis was the President of.
Why did the southern states threaten to leave the union?
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.
What slave states did not leave the union?
Kentucky(:
How many states decided to leave from the union?
Eleven
How many states decided to leave the union?
Eleven
How did the seceding states justify their right to leave the union?
They left the union to join the confedirety
The decision by the southern states to leave the union was called?
It is secession
Who believed that states had freely created and joined the union and could freely leave it?
Most Southerners believed that states had freely been created and joined the Union and could freely leave the Union. President Lincoln and the North did not believe this.
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.
What was the states of the higher South region that were the first to leave the Union?
The upper South
Who believed that the states had freely joined the union and could freely leave it?
Secession
What do you call the action taken by eleven southern states to leave the union?
Secession.
Can the president give states to other countries?
No - he can not even let states leave the union if decide they want to secede.
