It was called the Confederate States of America, and it had a Constitution very similar to the original one, but specifically protecting slavery.
Officially for the States Right but actually for States Right and to protect their way of life, which included also the slavery.
South Carolina seceded because they believed that the institution of slavery was in peril. I believe the Civil War was about states rights - that is, the states rights to maintain slavery. South Carolina was complaining about the northern states violating the Constitution by not enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act. The union felt that South Carolina was independent and did not want slavery so now they are in war.
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
The Confederacy
On April 17, Virginia seceded. However, the western counties in Va were anti-slavery and formed their own state (West Va.). In May, Tennesse, North Carolina, and Arkansas seceded.
Stop cheating on your 11th grade history like I am!
to break away from a previous connection. "Our group seceded from the general membership to form a separate association".
The States seceded from the Union
The Confederate States of America.
Officially for the States Right but actually for States Right and to protect their way of life, which included also the slavery.
Confederate States of America
Nicaragua seceded from the Central American federation in 1838.
Florida seceded on January 10, 1861, and Louisana seceded on January 26, 1861.
The word "seceded" is the past tense of the verb "to secede." A sentence using the word "seceded" is "The American Civil War started because the slave states seceded from the Union."
Mississippi seceded on January 9, 1861. Arkansas seceded on May 6, 1861.
West Virginia and it was seceded from a Confederate state on April 17, 1861.
SevenSeven Southern states seceded before the Civil War began:South Carolina (Seceded December 20, 1860)Mississippi (Seceded January 9, 1861)Florida (Seceded January 10)Alabama (Seceded January 11)Georgia (Seceded January19)Louisiana (Seceded January 26)Texas (Seceded February 1)(The war began on April 12, 1861 when South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.)