The 7 states that left the union were the Confederate States of America, or the Confederacy. 4 additional states joined the first 7 to complete the Confederacy.
When Lincoln took office in March 1861 seven southern states had left the Union.
It did secede. It was one of the original seven.
Seven Southern Confederate states seceded from the Union in 1860. The other four Southern states did likewise in 1861. These states were in favor of slavery, and believed Abraham Lincoln would try to bring an end to slavery, which he eventually did.
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.
The North was called the Union because it represented those states that remained in "union" together as the Unites States, and because it was fighting to preserve that union by keeping the rebellious Southern states from leaving it.
When Lincoln took office in March 1861 seven southern states had left the Union.
The States seceded from the Union
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
It did secede. It was one of the original seven.
The Confederate States of America was formed in February 1861 by seven states which had seceded from the Union.
Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865. Seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, known as the "Confederacy" or the "South" and it resulted in union victory(slavery abolished) .
Seven Southern Confederate states seceded from the Union in 1860. The other four Southern states did likewise in 1861. These states were in favor of slavery, and believed Abraham Lincoln would try to bring an end to slavery, which he eventually did.
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.
The seven Southern states called themselves the Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America existed from 1861 to 1865.
seceded from the union
The Union victory meant that the southern states never actually left the Union, so they didn't need to be readmitted.