The federalist argument is thus: The states should remain unified under one federal government to promote commerce and welfare through taxation and public programmes.
The realist argument is thus: The south had no economic might to defend the states after the North invaded. Secession was beneficial to the south to avoid the "Tariff of Abominations" of 40% as the South was a trade-reliant economy specialised in cotton.
The most immediate cause of the South's secession from the union was the election of Lincoln during the 1860 election. The South did not support Lincoln at all (in some southern states, his name didn't even appear on the ballot) and when he won the election they felt unrepresented by the government. South Carolina was the first to go.
jefferson davis
Lincoln's election prompted secession of the Southern slave holding states because the southern slave-owning class viewed the election of an anti-slavery administration as a mortal threat. Though not an abolitionist, Lincoln was an opponent of slavery and determined to use all means at his disposal to stop its spread.
Abraham Lincoln supported the Union side during the Civil War. As President of the United States from 1861 to 1865, he aimed to preserve the nation and prevent the secession of Southern states. Lincoln believed in maintaining the Union and ultimately sought to end slavery, which he viewed as a moral and political imperative. His leadership was crucial in guiding the North to victory against the Confederacy.
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Because Lincoln would not allow any extension of slavery
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Scallywags
US President Lincoln did all he could to convince Southerners to remain in the United States. He believed that the USA needed to remain as a united country. In the early part of the war, he remained hopeful that the rebellion would end. He believed that the issue of slavery could be worked out once the Southern states came to their senses. Abolishing slavery was not the reason he decided to use military force to bring the Confederacy back into the Union.
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The most immediate cause of the South's secession from the union was the election of Lincoln during the 1860 election. The South did not support Lincoln at all (in some southern states, his name didn't even appear on the ballot) and when he won the election they felt unrepresented by the government. South Carolina was the first to go.
The North/mountain area.
Jefferson Davis
No. Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware were slave-states that voted against secession. In Virginia, many senior respected citizens, including Robert E. Lee, disapproved of secession, but supported their state when it did vote to secede. Eastern Tennessee was always pro-Union, and in the second half of the war, Tennessee could almost be counted as a Union state.
Support for slavery per se never really "hardened" among Southerners. Most people didn't own any slaves and regarded the whole institution as rather dubious. However the word "slavery" came to be used as a kind of shorthand to denote protection of life, liberty and property. The radical Abolitionists of the North liked to say they would kill all the Southerners, and this alarmed the people of the South and led to secession.