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Taking up arms against the USA was treason.
But the Confederates claimed that the original USA had been a voluntary association of states, which could always quit if they wanted.
If that reasoning was valid, then the Confederacy was a legitimate new nation, and Congress would have to declare war on it, to try and bring it back into the USA.
What else can I help you with?
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 is the north army called the union army?
They fought for the United States (the Union) as opposed to the Confederate States (Confederacy.)
Who one the Battle of Gettysburg?
Gettysburg was a battle in the American Civil War, fought between the United States and the Confederate States. The United States won, and the Confederate States ceased to exist.
Why was the union army not known as the federate army?
The Union Army was fighting to preserve the federate states vs the confederate states
Why was the North American Union formed?
to fight against confederate states
Were the southern states confederate or union?
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
Why did southern states leave union?
Eleven states seceded from the union because they believed slavery should be legal. They created the Confederate States of America. They were Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana and Virginia.
What were the flags the Civil War?
the flags during the civil war were union and the confederate flagsthe flags during the civil war were union and the confederate flags
What is the union and confederate?
The Union is a group of states that disagree with slaves and the Confederate is a group of states that believe in slaves.
Did the slave states of the south have the right to leave the union and create the confederate states of America?
The Civil War was fought to establish that point.
What did the confederate states of America do when the southerners were hesitant to leave the union?
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
What did the Confederate states of America do when Southerns hesitated to leave the Union?
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
What did the confederate states of America do when southerners were hesitant to leave the union?
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
What state became the confederate states first?
I would say that the first Confederate state is South Carolina because it was the first state to leave the Union(secede).
Why did they fight in the confederate war?
The south wanted to leave the Union and start their own country; the Confederate States of America. The United States of America wouldn't allow that...and stopped them by force of arms (war).
What did the Confederate States of America do when some southerners were hesitant leave the Union?
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
What did the confederate states of America do when some southerners hesitant to leave the union?
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
