The south seceded from the union because they believed in nullification, and the north did not. Nullification was a term for the individual state having the right to disregard or override a federal law. This really came down to the northern states wanting to do away with slavery, and the south not wanting this.
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to retain there independance
They were called the Confederation.
Southern states seceded from the Union
they seceded from the union
The Confederate States of America was formed in February 1861 by seven states which had seceded from the Union.
Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.