During the Civil War era, there was a great debate about the ethics of slavery. The southerners seceded because they did not agree with laws that were prohibiting slave ownership, and this started the Civil War.
South Carolina threatened to secede in 1833 with the Nullification Act.
Georgia wanted to secede from the Union because they believed Abraham's Lincolns election, and republican party's were strongly and aggressively anti-slavery.
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South Carolina
South Carolina seceded prior to the start of the American Civil War, but it was the first state to do so.
Because the south wanted to secede from the United States
to break its contracts with the federal government.
Texas wanted to secede from the Union.
The South wanted to secede from the union, but the North wanted to stay as one country. The North wanted to abolish slavery but the South wanted to keep slavery.
north was against slavery while south supported it, also South wanted to secede from the union and become there own country.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860
South Carolina seceded from the Union primarily due to their belief in states' rights and the protection of slavery as an institution.
The people of Maryland had a long tradition of slave-holding and ties to the south. They wanted to secede from the Union, but President Lincoln would not allow it. Maryland surrounded the capital of the US on three sides and if they seceded, the capital would have to secede also.
South Carolina was the first to secede.
1860 ? secede from union
South Carolina was the first to secede.
1860 ? secede from union